Quaker Thought and Life Today

VOLUME 9 NOVEMBER 1, 1963 NUMBER 21

A Safe Fence Around Mount Sinai by Moses Bailey @oR u ligion b'gins with life, not with theory or report. The life is mightier than the The Inner Bidding-Norway, 1963 book that reports it. The most important thing in the world by Douglas V. Steere is to get our faith out of a book and out of a creed into living experience an d deed of life. T hat is exactly what Jesus Alone-with-ness did in the synagogue when he read the program of the L ord's by Henry B. Williams servant. H e translated ancient words into life. -RuFus M . JoNES Letter from Germany by Anni Sabine Halle

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In the Field of Human Relations D I CHARD FORMAN, a member of Haverford (Pa.) .1\.. Meeting, is serving for two years as a volunteer in the VISA program of the American Friends Service Com­ mittee in Central America. His special assignment is in Published semimonthly, on the first and fifteenth of each Honduras, where he is a teacher in an agricultural school. month at 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia 19102, Penn­ sylvama1 (LO 3-7669) by Friends Publishing Corporation. Richard's problem has been how to use the lectures and CARL F. WISE laboratories in zoology and the periods in the English Acting Edltor language in such a way as to make a special contribution ETHAN A. NEVIN WILLlAM HUBBEN Assistant Editor Contributing Editor to the country which he has chosen for his service. BUSH CLlNTON Business Manager He felt that one contribution he could make in the MYRTLE M. WALLEN F. B. WALKER Advertisements Subscriptions classroom would be in teaching methods. His .first inno­ CONTRIDUTING CORRESPONDENTS vation was to use students as assistants in the laboratories. RICHARD R. WOOD, Philadelphia This was a good experience for the boys, and it gave England...... Horace B. Pointing, London Joan Hewitt, London Richard an opportunity to become better acquainted Germany...... Anni Halle, Berlin Lebanon...... Calvin W. and Gwendolyn Schwabe, Beirut with some of them. Then he taught them how to get Southern Rhodesia...... Maurice Webb, Bulawayo information, especially in the library. "One of the big wg~e~rst~ :.~.~~!. ::::~.~~~.. ::.. ~~.~~ .~~-. ~~a~~aiE~e~:r .. problems with Latin America," one of the boys told BOARD OF MANAGERS 1960-1964: Mary Roberts Calhou1,1 Eleanor Stabler Clarke, Richard, "is that no one knows how to get information." James Frorer, Francis Hortensune1 Emily Cooper Joh!l­ son, Elizabeth H. Kirk, Elizabeth Wells. 1961-1965: Carol The librarian remarked that this class uses the library P. Brainerd! Arthur M. Dewees, Miriam E. 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Foreign countries, "true-false" questions and should ask the students to "fill including Canada and Mexico: $5.50 a year. Single copies: thirty cents, unless otherwise noted. Checks in the blank," he is winning through. should be made payable to Friends Journal. Sample copies sent on request. "The first thing that strikes a visitor to this school," Second Class Postage Paid at Philadelphia, Pa. writes Richard, "is that it is beautiful. As one drops down out of the mountains, the green of the school's fields is seen first, then the rows of flaming red of the African tulip trees, and later the shining silver of the royal palms Contents Page that shade the campus. Under the Red and Black Star ...... 458 "But I am not a visitor," he adds. "I have come to Editorial Comments ...... 459 live in this valley. I have come to put my limited talents A Safe Fence Around Mount Sinai-Moses Bailey ...... 460 to use for the benefit of a few hundred agricultural stu­ Lunar Voyage (poem)-Elizabeth McLaughlin ...... 461 Chicory Flowers (poem)- Alice M. Swaim ...... 461 dents. Here I try to bring about a better understanding The Inner Bidding-Norway, 1963-Douglas V. Steere . ... 462 of biology and of the English language, but always my Alone-with-ness-Henry B. Williams ...... 463 real job is in the field of human relations." Religion and Psychology-Francenia T owle ...... 465 Letter from Germany-Anni Sabine Halle ...... 465 In Europe, in Asia and Africa, in Central America What Is Reality?-Henry C. Beerits ...... 466 and the United States, young men and women are work­ Love and Learning-Peter and Faye Fingesten ...... 467 ing as volunteers under the Quaker star of service-at Indiana Yearly Meeting- Wanda Wright Clark ...... 468 Meeting Workers Institute--Lawrence McK. 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EsTABLISHED 1955 PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 1, 1963 VOL, 9-No. 21 Editorial Comments Man with a Concern encouragement now and then to keep the concern from NCE there was a Meeting which rejoiced in the withering. Friends should be much encouraged by the O possession of a courtly clerk. There were Friends quality of the response which the Peace Corps evokes who came to Monthly Meeting just to listen to him pre· everywhere that it is active. Even those in Washington side. He knew without hesitation the most apt and grace­ who professed to look on it with scorn now find it expe­ ful way to phrase a minute, partly because for him prob­ dient to do no worse than to withhold open praise. ity, propriety, and tradition were a way of life. Toward For Friends, the response to the Peace Corps is im­ the end of one meeting after he had been instructed to portant not because of its political implications, national write the fourth or fifth minute of gratitude to some or international, but because it is one more pragmatic resigning Friend, he remarked, "I fail to see why Friends confirmation of the validity of our peace testimony. How­ should be thanked for doing their manifest duty." The ever faithful we may be to it despite adversity, part of reason was quickly explained to him by his dear wife, our fidelity grows out of a conviction that it will work no less to his own amusement than that of the Meeting, when put in practice. Every fresh instance of its working but he was not alone in his opinion. not only in faith but in fact lays more of the burden of There can hardly be a Friend whose heart is not proof upon those who would like to hold our faith up warmed by the approval and good will of his fellow to scorn. members, but there are many who feel uncomfortable But it takes an almost heartbreaking number of years under praise. E. Raymond Wilson is one of them. He in the doing. Most Americans have never heard, for knows how often the flattering words bestowed upon the example, of the peace corps that functioned for years in chief belong to the underlings and how impossibly diffi­ the Philippines. The machinery of organization was cult and time-consuming it is to distribute the words somewhat different. Terms of service not having been justly among them. Better than anyone else, he knows limited to two years, there were some whose service con­ what his staff has meant to him. tinued for a life-time. But the corpsmen (and women) But that he has personified a concern is one praise went out with the same kind of selflessness in their moti­ he cannot escape. A concern is a spirit. That it may be vation and earned ~he same kind of love for themselves understood of men, the spirit must be made flesh. Many and ·their nation. years ago there began a concern that the testimonies of Most difficul't to cope with is the kind of condescen­ the Religious Society of Friends-t,he incarnate Kingdom sion with which the worker for peace is so often brushed of God as Friends understand it-should be applied to aside, as though he were a dear, lovable child who should national legislation, that there should be constantly some­ be allowed to enjoy his innocence as long as he can but one in Washington who could interpret the machinery who will know better when he grows up. But it is the and operation of government to Friends, and the hope idealist who is practical. The man who calls himself and aspiration of Friends to those in power. That con­ practical is like someone who buys a Rolls Royce before cern became the FCNL. he knows whether there will be enough le£t to pay the If, as has been often said, an institution is the length­ grocer, al,though there are no roads on which to drive it ened shadow of a man, tJhen the Friends Committee on and although there is no place he intends ,to go. Indeed, National Legislation is the lengthened shadow of Ray­ he states quite frankly in advance that he has no inten­ mond Wilson. It is his gift to the Religious Society of tion of using i•t, and he hopes no one will ever ask him Friends, which they have now formally accepted with to visit. Meanwhile his children go untaught, his sick appreciation and gratitude. untended, and his unfort.un(Jjtes unfed. And then there is the chap who says, "That's wonder­ ••say Not the Struggle • • • " full That's wonderful! But don't ask me to do that!" Those whose faith is indomitable are to be con­ The occasional admiration we earn is not enough. gratulated. Most persons with a concern need a bit of When William Lotspeich was testifying in Washington, 459 460 FRIENDS JOURNAL November 1, 1963 he received the response, "I admire everything that you How long, 0 Lord, how long until men will do the things as an individual and the Friends are attempting to do." they profess to admire? A Safe Fence Around Mount Sinai By MOSES BAILEY And you shall set bounds for the people round about. lous nourishment in whose strength he traveled forty .. whoever touches the mountain shall be put to days and forty nights to the Mountain, where he experi­ death! (Exodus 19: 12) enced the divine presence. The legend goes on to tell us ROM the air, none of the arid mountains that might that Elija:h's god commanded the assassination of -two F be Sinai smokes and flames as with the Word of kings. We think there must be some mistake, for that the Lord. Therefore, the careful historian, mapping west­ does not seem right. ern Asia of the Late Bronze or Early Iron Age, puts a The three stories are similar: terrified escape from cautious question mark after the word "Sinai." If he is the civilized world into the desert; unexpected susten­ to succeed in locating Sinai, or Horeb, or the Mount of ance; and finally, after a hard journey, the mountain of God, he must first study the three accounts of those who revelation. Where shall we locate Sinai? Of course it is journeyed to it from the softer life of the Fertile Crescent. not on the map. The experience, not the geography, is First is the story vhat Moses, having murdered an important. Geographers may suggest one mountain or Egyptian, fled for his life into the desert. There he dis­ many as proper background for the stories; our curiosity covered the Priest of Midian, with whom he lived and is reserved for that supposed divine revelation. whose daughter he married. Shepherding his father-in­ Though the Flaming Mountain may elude the ex­ law's flocks, he went to the Holy Mountain, and there, plorer, can we not at least pin-point the event in history? witnessing rthe unbelievable sight of the unburned burn­ Scholars are in some agreement that Moses must have ing bush, he communed with his deity. The story is ex­ lived about the end of the Bronze Age. In the three citingly clear, though the revelation granted to Moses, and a half books of so-called Sinaitic revelation, where especially Exodus 3: 14, is puzzling. do we find some nucleus of which we may say, "Surely The second story, directly following the first, tells this must be

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21:12-17), so named because of its syntax. What was the The Apostle Paul, following a literary practice of his essential Sinaitic or Mosaic nucleus of all this material? time, put inro his letters lists of evils to be avoided and None can say. of virtues ·to be embodied. In less interesting literary The divine word was indeed a "still small voice" (I style, but more appropriately to our time, Friends might Kings 19: 12), an experience, a motive. It satisfies the annotate the Queries with suggestions of the fences with curiosity to date the various strands; but the mountain which they should be encircled. Honesty might be fenced is not on the map; and its mystic experience is not to be by censorship of superlatives (our own, of course); by dated. The Voice that spoke and the Finger that wrote ethically scrutinized investments; by avoidance of theo­ should be seen on every map and read in every language. logical cliches. Worship, by preparation long before A sentence in the Talmud (P~rqe Aboth I-1) says that meeting; by "answering" our own prayer; by respon­ the essential cllings are justice, and building a fence sibility to be silent or to speak. Guarded education, by around revelation. Of the worth of justice and of edu­ Quaker parochial schools; by involvement in public cation we are in no doubt, but the metaphor of the fence schools; by deeper self-education. Practicability, by doing is unfamiliar. Its meaning is that religious and ethical right because it is right, not because it works. truth, as known, must be surrounded and conserved by The Jewish idiom about setting fences around ethical widening fences. This, we see, is what has taken place and religious experience, so familiar to Jesus, has not in the so-called Sinaitic revelation; as time went on t:he been used by Friends. Did you ever tangle with an elec­ initial experience was verbally expressed in the ancient tric fence? It makes a fellow more careful about his codes. The codes were brought together, explained, and trespasses! presented more inspiringly in Deuteronomy. Their Lunar Voyage growth continued until the ancient canon was consid­ By ELIZABETH McLAuGHLIN ered closed. The Talmud, however, carried the process forward, an ever-widening fence protecting against sin. I, sailor of the stars, left earth, In Christian tradition 1the process continued. The Launching in flame and thunder, most familiar example of fence-building is in the Sermon Arcing beyond the rainbow's span, on the Mount, where (Matthew 5:21-48) Jesus suggests Shearing the clouds asunder. the fences that should encircle ethical prohibitions: mur­ Bellerophon rode no such steed. der should be safely fenced by avoiding anger; adultery, To consummate the flight by clean thinking; perjury, by consistent honesty; revenge, My steel's computed plunge possessed by generous good will; hatred, by loving one's "enemies." As the place where power lines are brought down to the The virgin sphere of light. transformers must be surrounded by a stout barrier suffi­ Dust was my port. Those gleaming fields ciently far £rom the danger to protect even the most Conquered are deserts bare, foolish child prodding for a lost ball, so past experience And where once rolled a hot red tide in ecllical discovery must be walled against temptation. The hollow craters stare. The population e:Jeplosion has pushed a multitude of people into the ring of the once-small towns surrounding How sweet and green return will be each big city. Farm and pasture lands have been leveled, From lava back to loami old stone walls removed, and houses built, distinguishable May never raging firestorm take rather by the colors of paint than by imaginative individ­ The pastures of my home. uality. In front of all the houses continuous green lawn extends the length of ~he street, unobstructed by fence Chicory Flowers or hedge. We are as one little family, run through a By ALICE M. SWAIM duplicating machine. The green lawns are good, but if Growing on stalks as dry as hemp their characterless spread extends to our persons, we are In all the summer dust and heat, in a bad way. Chicory flowers are blue, blue stars, Justice and education are always major considerations. Fallen from some celestial street If we define justice inadequately as the absence of delin­ quency, or exalt education because we fear the competi­ And come to rest by accident tion of Russians and computers, nevertheless our concern In this improbable terrain, in these matters may do good. But if we have lost the art Reminder of a loveliness of building fences around character, we shall fail. Hearts never seek in vain. 462 FRIENDS JOURNAL November I, 1963 The Inner Bidding-Norway, 1963 By DOUGLAS V. STEERE F there is one aspect of the Society of Friends on Norwegian Society of Friends he knew that their re­ I which all Friends come close to finding agreement, it sources were modest and that, while the Society united is the matter of the continuing revelation of God in the with his concern, there would have to be a national hearts of his people. Deeply divided as Friends may seem appeal over and above what Friends could provide. Egil to be at times on their interpretation of the agency of Hovdenak finished his social work assignment in looking this inner bidding, this inner disclosure, •this inner guid­ after discharged prisoners, and in November, 1962, he ance, they close ranks again when it comes to the matter offered, without taking any salary, to give his time, until of its taking place-for it does take place. And when the following Easter, to speaking throughout Norway to Friends are in the stream of power, they wait upon it, try to raise funds. Stanley Walters set up and operated and •they attend to it, and they are obedient to it. This a receiving agency, and Sigrid Lund chaired the commit­ is the ground of what is meant by a concern. A concern •tee for sponsoring the cause. The Norwegian branch of is what God asks us to do, what shapes itself in the hearts the Good Templars volunteered to pay his travel for this of attentive, lis-tening men and women in ·the light of fund-raising tour, and the Norwegian Quakers generously situations in which they find themselves placed. It may offered to give a thousand dollars at once and something begin by some apparently inconsequential act that we are just under a thousand dollars a year for five years, making called upon Ito carry out, and it may not disclose to us five thousand dollars in all. The Norwegian government what is later to be asked of us in its service. But if a man was approached, and while they have not as yet released or woman is faithful to it, it may be the link that opens development funds directly, they have indirectly given the way for a whole breakthrough of God's loving con­ a considerable quantity of gif.ts-in-kind, such as wood for cern for His world. When Quaker service has reached building the Center, which was so badly needed. through to the heart of the world it has nearly always Out of this joint effort and the determination of the been through the initial appearance of a valid concern Committee to back up this concern, Egil and Turid of some Friend or of some lit·tle group of Friends around Hovdenak and their two small sons went to Algeria at him or her, who have been inwardly drawn to find a way Easter time in 1963 and have set up the project among a to meet this need that has laid them under its responsi­ group of these mountain villages. The project is placed be­ bility. tween one that the American Friends Service Committee One of the most valid-appearing concerns that I have is carrying out and one managed by the Friends Service come across in a long time is that out of which the Nor­ Council. Hearing of this Norwegian project, the Germans wegian Quaker-initiated European project for help to a have on two occasions contributed sums of $1500; and cluster of mountain villages in Algeria has sprung up. Heinrich Carsten's daughter has just gone down to help Egil Hovdenak, a Norwegian Quaker living in Oslo, when with the bookkeeping and accounts. The Dutch and the in his twenties, was a part of a work camp in Algeria and French Friends have furnished a small truck. An able came under the spell of the mountain people there. He young Danish builder, Mogens P. Hansen, hearing of returned to Algeria after some little time with medicines this work, walked into the Quaker Center in Copenhagen he had managed to collect in Norway and spent a large and offered his service. He gave four months supervising part of a year tramping about in this country helping the the building of the Center and has now returned to people in their need and teaching them where he had Denmark. From the Swedish Friends, Friedrich Ern and anything to offer. his wife, Karin, tJhe daughter of Inga and Erik Bergman, At lthe time of the Algerian war, conscious of the suf­ have joined the project; and he brings gifted engineering ferings of his Algerian friends and inspired by their need, skills to the work. From Norway a nurse and midwife, he began his •training in Norway to become a social Aud Ellingsen Bless, has joined the group and contributes worker so that he might return to help them as soon as her terribly needed skills to .the region. Dederick Lund, he found it possible. During these years he married, whose wife, Sigrid, heads the Norwegian Committee, began a family, and worked for the Good Templars, a made a survey of the water supply situation and of what Norwegian temperance movement. When the war ended would be needed to develop an adequate supply of pure he felt that he should go to Algeria. As a member of the water for this cluster of villages and has returned to Nor­ way to try to interest the government in such a project. A Dorothy and Douglas Steere visited in Scandinavia in August on friend of llhe Lunds, Jo Lunde, has spent time looking their way to Rome, where Douglas Steere is serving as the Quaker Observer-Delegate at the Vatican Council. into the possibilities of craft industries that might give November 1, 1963 FRIENDS JOURNAL 463 the community a cash resource from salable products. does work through his people." There was also a sense At the summer meeting of the European Friends in that this Quaker service arm of the European Committee Birmingham, I was told that an evening was given to of the Friends World Committee, which has seemed to this project on the part of a small group of Friends from spring up so spontaneously, may give a new reality and almost every European country, and as Sigrid Lund and fiber to the life of this important body. The catalytic others told of what had poured in to back up this con­ a·ction of such a valid concern 1has released the surge of cern, the group felt •that they were hearing of the kind of untapped goodness in others in many parts of Europe tumbling together of persons and gifts that made them for this small but effective venture. It bears witness once know that they were in an authentic stream of the So­ again that one man, faithful to the call, may open the way ciety's witness to the fact that God may not rain down for the healing hand of the Eternal Goodness to work help, but as the old Negro woman once said, "He sure through •the hearts and hands of his people. Alone-with-ness By HENRY B. WILLIAMS And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud cov- He presents us with this portrait drawn in stark colors ered the mount. And the glory of the Lord abode upon and says to each audience: "There but for the Grace of Mount Sinai. ... and •.. he called unto Moses out God go you." of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of Yet when one examines this "loneliness," it is evident the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the that it is loneliness sprung from retreat from life. These mount. ... And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, characters are as they are because ·they have given up. and gat him up into the mount. (Exodus 24: 15-17.) The group of derelicts who sit in Harry Hope's bar have given up for various reasons, and to compensate they have D I CHARD EBERHART has a line in his verse play created their own dream world. . . . One will get a job ..1.\... Devils and Angels which runs: "Nobody is ever tomorrow.... Each is waiting for something to happen alone I not the audience./ They come to be dispos­ so that he can get going again. Into ·this world of false sessed of their loneliness./ If they only knew that their hopes comes the figure of Hickey, who seems to represent essential I loneliness was their most lordly possession!" salvation in the shape of forcing eaoh one to face reality. The speaker is an author, the dramatist, and he is speak­ By working on each of these men separately, he forces ing to a member of the audience. The member of the them to go out into the world. . . . but the strain on audience replies: "I do not like this kind of talk!" them is too great. They return to the easy anonymity of These lines set me ·thinking about the whole problem the barroom and sink back into themselves again, hope­ of loneliness. We hear so much today about people wor­ lessly alone. ried about being lonely. They can't adapt.... they The audience, on seeing this spectacle, is made to belong to no "in-group," as the psychiatrists say. They realize that the difference between an active and helpful have no attachments and few resources. They feel iso­ life and this letting go is a razor edge. The haunting lated, apart, neglected by society in general, and their devil that keeps men going is the fear of just such lone­ world shrivels and crumbles away. liness. The phrase, "There, but for the Grace of God, Modem playwrights present to us numerous portraits go I," acts as a goad on us all. It has stopped many a of these lost souls who have withdrawn because they can­ retreat and probably kept many men on the path of duty not find acceptance within their social spheres. Plays like when they might well have given up. The Iceman Cometh and Death of a Salesman wring our But is this real loneliness? This is deadening and hearts over the tribulations of these people who have killing to the spirit. It ·has nothing to do with the lone­ somehow missed out on the sharing love of mankind, and liness that Richard Eberhart spoke of as essential lone­ who have created a personal dream world of their own liness. The type of apartness we have been speaking of is where ·they dwell safe and supreme, untouched by sick and neurotic. From this loneliness the world is realities. never moved forward, whereas ·the "essential loneliness" For this condition, the modem dramatist has no hope. is creative. The loneliness of Moses on Sinai when he Henry B. Williams is an alumnus of the William Penn Charter "ga-t him up into the mount" where he was alone with School in Philadelphia and of Dartmouth College, where he now God is true and essential loneliness. History is full of teaches in the English Department, working particularly with dra­ men who sought this loneliness. Jesus in the Gospel matics. The present article was given as a talk at the North Sand­ wich (N.H.) Meeting. Henry Williams is clerk of Northwest Quar­ account sought it at least three times. The loneliness of terly Meeting and is a member of Hanover (N.H.) Meeting. the forty days in the wilderness which was terminated 464 FRIENDS JOURNAL November 1, 1963

by the interview with Satan became a turning point in of us. The "call" is merely the beginning, a sort of cue his life. The loneliness of the Mount of Transfiguration for action. We must also realize that once the "call" is brought

Religion and Psychology what one potentially is. Intellectual concepts are not By FRANCENIA ToWLE sought-but, rather, experiences of connection with the depths of one's being. AN ARTICLE in the FRIENDS JouRNAL of February I, When a group shares dream material, an atmosphere fl. I963, "Exploring Inner Space," by G. M. Smith, is established that draws the members down to the depth tells of a group of people who met at Pendle Hill with dimension within themselves. They are taken below the a Japanese Zen Buddhist to learn oriental ways of medi­ deadlock of their personal problems, beneath their rea­ ta~ion. T~e article suggests that this sort of training soning, projecting, and self-justifying, to the deep place might be given to groups of Friends to deepen the spir­ from which their power and energy come, from which itual life of our Meetings. I would like to point out that their behavior is directed, and where growth and change the new depth psychology, coming to us from Europe, can occur. Below their personal lives, they enter a non­ offers a method of spiritual growth that is more naturally personal but very intimate area, where unity with one suited to our western minds. another may be felt and the power of love may be ex­ This psychology is an outgrowth and further develop­ perience~. By going again and again to this deep place ment of the ~ork of the S_wiss psychiatrist, C. G. Jung. and movmg about in this dimension, one is able to in­ It has. much m comm?n with our western heritage from crease his sensitivity and receptivity to the things of the the B1ble, the Catholic mystics, and the early Quakers. spirit. Religious experience is not forced, but capacity Its way of working with a spiritual guide and with a for it is developed. journal and with dreams is in line with this tradition. Readers of the FRIENDS JouRNAL will, I believe, be Letter from Germany interested to know that groups of people in and around By ANNI SABINE HALLE New York are working in this new depth psychology with ?r. Ira Progoff ~s their guide. Ira Progoff, a psychologist, HEN the German Yearly Meeting met from 1s k?own to Fnends through his books and through his W August 3 to August 8 at Eisenach, in the Eastern semmars at Haverford, Pendle Hill, and Wainwright sector of Germany, it continued with .this choice of loca­ House. tion an associa>tion with this historic city that is now be­ Dr. Progoff's psychology functions in an area between coming somewhat of a tradition. Here in Eisenach, where the tradition of psychology and that of religion. It is at the Wartburg Martin Luther translated the Bible, a concerned, not with analyzing or diagnosing, or with group of German Seekers met in 1923 in ~he quest for a statements a£ faith, but with the underlying psychological new spiritual orientation. Two years later the same group experience which is the heart of religion. Its task is to established the German Yearly Meeting. This year the develop a person's capacity for this experience. small town, well cared for and bedecked with flowers, How is this accomplished? It is done by turning the offered a restful place to Friends. The streets are so small attention to the inner life-dreams, day dreams, creative that hardly any cars can travel there; only a rather urges, secret promptings. People are thus brought beneath ancient-looking streetcar keeps rumbling along-in the. level of their personal fears and wishes to the sym­ strange contrast to the traffic of our larger city. We met bolic level of their being. This symbolic level of the outside Eisenach on a wooded hill in real solitude. This human psyche, though familiar in such forms as poetry, environment was conducive to our silent meetings and fairy tales, and the Bible, has in most persons been neg­ contributed to their serenity. Equally harmonious were lected and crowded out by materialistic and rationalistic 1the musical renditions of classical vocal and instrumental living. numbers, which enriched our days. Those of us who Ira Progoff thinks of himself as an evoker and of his took an evening walk to a glen •to listen to a little concert task as drawing forth the divine seed, the potential of or to join with other Friends in singing will forever re­ growth, within each person. His psychology has been member these hours of romantic beauty. called psyche-evoking in contrast to the older psycho­ We had ll7 participants a:t •the Yearly Meeting; analysis. There is no preconceived goal or pattern or twenty-five were from foreign countries and ten came judgment of what one ought to be, but an evoking of from West Germany in addi·tion to three West Berliners. T-he city of Eisenach, as well as the local Church, dele­ Francenia Towle is a graduate of Germantown Friends School, gated some representatives as our guests. At a public Philadelphia, with a B.A. from Mt. Holyoke College and an M.A. evening meeting several Friends spoke to Pennsylvania. The mother of three grown children, she IS employed as a secretary at Columbia University's make me an instrument of Thy peace!" They were Ro- Hudson Laboratories. She has studied for several years with Ira Progoff, on whose psychological principles she has given talks and Anni Sabine Halle, a member of Berlin Monthly M~~tittg, is led group discussions. the JoURNAL's correspondent in Germany, 466 FRIENDS JOURNAL November 1, 1963 land Warren, Fvitz Katz, Norak Douglas, and Margaret Thus it seems to me that there is the spiritual-intui­ Hoffman. The meeting was very well attended in spite tive-emotional side of life as contrasted with the material­ of the pouring rain coming d'Own that evening. The intellectual-physical side, and that this duality is a part annual Richard Cary lecture, which Mary G. Cary was of reality. able to attend, was given by Roland Warren; he spoke · Of course, the above statement represents an over­ on 1the topic: "Serenity, Reconciliation, Peace." simplification for the sake of expressing the point. One Although Friends from West Germany had made may say that placing the intellectual and the physical on every effort to obtain permission from the East-German the same side of the dividing line is incongruous. For authovities to attend the Yearly Meeting, only very few example, we are wont to say that a man does either in­ succeeded with their request. Therefore,· as a comple­ tellectual or physical work. On the other hand, intellec­ ment to this Yearly Meeting, 130 Friends met in Bad tual work is usually, although not always, associated with Pyrmont on September 20-22 to discuss the resolutions the material world rather than with the spiritual world. adopted at Eisenach. Or one may object to separating the spiritual and the emotional. Are these really separable one from another? What Is Reality ? Although they are clearly on the same side of the divid­ By HENRY c. BEERITS ing line mentioned above, my own inclination is to view FRIEND of mine who recently retired from a busy them as separable. When we think of one person as being A life in financial circles in Philadelphia is now spend­ an emotional person and another as being a spiritual ing most of his time at his home in Vermont, and if one person, these descriptions have different connotations. writes to him there on a matter of business the reply is Webster gives a definition of "spiritual" as "Of the soul likely to be long delayed because he will be off for sev­ or its affections as influenced by the divine Spirit; pure; eral weeks on a fishing expedition in remote regions. holy; opposed to carnal." He refers to "emotional" as When I saw him recently in Philadelphia, I asked, "How "Prone to emotion," which is defined as "An agitation; does it feel to be back in the world of reality?" He re­ strong feeling; any disturbance." plied that he wasn't sure that this was the world of We are apt to think of the emotional side of life as reality, a remark with which I had to be in at least par­ one's struggle to surmount the effect of negative emotions tial agreement. -anxiety, resentment, avarice, feelings of unworthiness, When we speak of the advantages of being in a rural feelings of inferiority, etc. However, the close identifica­ area such as Vermont, we are apt to think of the oppor­ tion between the spiritual and the emotional sides is tunities for greater seclusion and relief from the pressure clear, because here again there is a duality which is part of daily affairs, and thus greater chance for appreciating of reality. The negative emotions have opposites, which the beauties and wonders of nature and for reflection and are those which we identify with the spiritual life. A meditation, placing increased emphasis upon the spiritual sense of God's love and forgiveness is the opposite of values in life. This points up our recognition of the distinction between the spiritual and the material worlds. But we apprehend the spiritual world by our intui­ A "Letter from the Past'' tive faculties rather than by our intellectual faculties. We have recently received a solemn message Thus we recognize the difference between intuition and from our Indian neighbors of the Shawanoe nation, intellect. Religion and art have been developed by man's informing ... that whilst they were under a deep intuitive faculties, while our modern scientific progress concern on account of the many deviations from has been developed by man's intellectual faculties. their ancient simplicity, and were laboring to re­ But then we further note that the use of our intuitive form their people, they likewise felt a concern for faculties is affected by our emotional state. This points us, stating that in former days they knew us from up the difference between the emotional and the physical the people of the world by the simplicity of our sides of man's being. As has been truly said, "Beauty is appearance . . . but that now they have to lament in the eye of the beholder." If we are placed in the midst that they know us not . . . by reason of our de­ of a magnificently beautiful and peaceful scene, we can­ parture from our ancient plainness, and that they not derive serenity from it when we bring to it emotional earnestly desire we would labor with our deviating turmoil caused by fear or hatred or guilt. members, in order to bring them back to that sim­ Henry C. Beerits, who practices law in Philadelphia, is a mem­ plicity which will again distinguish us as the chil­ ber of Radnor (Pa.) Meeting. He is chairman of the Executive dren of the Great Spirit. Committee of the American Friends Service Committee's Board of -Indiana Yearly Meeting Epistle, 1826 Directon. November 1, 1963 FRIENDS JOURNAL 467 guilt and a feeling of unworthiness; a sense of God's teacher must have for his subject, the love of imparting it, and power available to us is the opposite of a feeling of in­ love of learning on the part of the students. Only when these feriority; a desire for service to others is the opposite kinds of love are given full expression can the magic moment of greed and self-love; faith is the opposite of fear and occur when teacher, student, and subject matter become one entity. anxiety; and love is the opposite of hatred and resent­ The first kind of love-that is, love toward one's subject­ ment. must be so all-absorbing that the teacher believes his is the I do not undertake to say what is reality, but I do one field which contains most of the truth, be it physics or submit that the professed "realist" who seeks his solutions psychology, biology or art. In this pursuit he must be superbly only in terms of the material-intellectual-physical side prepared, honest and up-to-date in his information. But (since of life is not facing reality. Such a "realist," for example, the completely objective individual has not yet been born) he would have said that Gandhi was being totally "unreal­ should reveal to his students his subjective beliefs as they per­ istic" in setting out to free India from British colonialism tain to his selection of material and presentation, so that they by the method of nonviolent resistance. I believe that can separate facts from opinions and measure their own subjec­ the person who is truly a realist examines problems and tive opinions against his. Finally, he should so well understand seeks solutions in the light of the duality in life which his specialty that he can sense the universal in the specific. The second kind of love is the love of teaching. This does we have just discussed. not consist of the simple unravelling of one's thoughts, nor of mechanical rehearsing of formulas or dates, but of actually Love and Learning giving of one's own substance. Great teaching is a kind of By PETER and FAYE FINGESTEN self-sacrifice in which the teacher daily gives a fragment of EACHING may be called a mission rather than a profession. himself. In addition to infectious enthusiasm, he must win TOnly the deeply committed can rise to the heights of in­ the reluctant, plead with the apathetic, humor the hostile, spired teaching that will rouse others. We have met very few encourage the weak, and inspire the talented. But, regardless master teachers in proportion to the many who are, unfortu­ of individual needs and differences, he must, first of all, love nately, detached and to whom this profession is but a safe his pupils. Only in this love can he be everything to every haven from the strenuous demands of the market place. The student. During a semester of close association, the whole quality which distinguishes the master teacher from the others gamut of human emotions can, and does, indeed, pass between consists of intangibles that are difficult to define. Many com­ a teacher and his students. mittees, in and out of schools, have labored to spell out the Although a teacher lectures on the same subject over and secrets of great teaching without much success. It is not only over again, he must not lose his love either for the subject or scholarship and publications, enthusiasm and preparation, for the profession, for nothing is as deadly to scholarship as belief in the importance of this calling, and respect for one's the erudite bore who daily slaughters his subject before the students, but an old-fashioned quality one almost hesitates to class. He should have the continually fresh approach that mention in this connection-love. allows for new theories to be formulated even while lecturing, Political circumstances of the last few years have made the demonstrating his creative approach instead of mere depend­ teaching profession relatively nervous. We have been told that ence upon a textbook. The loving teacher is neither soft nor we must teach and learn for "scientific survival." Each time sentimental, but his strength lies precisely in his secure love another missile is fired in Siberia dozens of science and mathe­ toward those he teaches. matics departments are enlarged or supported by new grants. The third kind of love is the love of learning. When the Pressure is hardly conducive to great teaching or to learning, first two conditions have been fulfilled by the teacher, the and the results will be mediocre at best. Genius does not student reciprocates in kind. He will love the subject because flourish in either an atmosphere of political pressure or of he loves the teacher; or, he will love the teacher because he wishful thinking; it has to be carefully cultivated. As Alfred loves the subject. There can, and should be, indeed, a com­ North Whitehead put it, "The art of education is never easy. plete identity among subject, teacher, and student, for, ideally, To surmount its difficulties, especially those of elementary each is identified with the other, and, of course, needs the education, is a task worthy of the highest genius. It is the other. Students will never love authority just because it has training of human souls." been invested in the teaching office, but because it has been For this to take place there must be present several kinds earned. Through love of learning, the student will discover of love to restore to the classroom that infectious atmosphere new dimensions in the subject at hand and, therefore, in him­ necessary to great teaching and real learning: the love the self. The most direct expression of love may be that of a student who follows in his teacher's footsteps and chooses to Peter Fingesten is a member of the Wider Quaker Fellowship practice or to teach the same subject in turn. and chairman of the Art Department of Pace College, New York One of the reasons why this ideal relationship is so rare City. Faye_ Fingeste~ is a member of New York Monthly Meeting. today is that many teachers fail to love their subject passion­ _Pet~r Fmge_sten 1~ the author also of "The _Six-fold Law of Sym· ately, but even among those who do, many are incapable of bohsm (published m the journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Summer 1963), a few reprints of which are available from him at loving their students. And, conversely, students have forgotten Pace College, 41 Park Row, New York 38, N. Y. that love toward the teacher is one of the purest kinds of 468 FRIENDS JOURNAL November I, 1963 love known and is an essential ingredient in the process of Selig Goodman, now peace education secretary for the learning. The cause of this state of affairs is not due to the Dayton office of the American Friends Service Committee, students' incapability of loving, but should be sought in the told of his hopes and plans for the year. Hazel Dickins and wider social context. Our present-day society, in spite of all Walter Blackburn also are members of the Dayton AFSC protests to the contrary, does not love its teachers. It hardly staff. respects them. This brings us to the fourth kind of love, with­ We were pleased to have had so many young couples and out which the other three cannot flourish. their children bring tents, which were placed in the shady Since students reflect general attitudes, these are, unfor­ grove. Saturday evening we enjoyed with them a "cook-out" tunately, carried over into the class room. One cannot blame on the lawn; later the young folks presented a program in the them entirely for their lack of interest, since it is the example meeting house under the direction of Roberta Eastman. set for them. Too few appreciate knowledge and the ennobl­ Warm appreciation was expressed for the services the late ing contribution to their creative and spiritual life which is Ruth Chandler and her sister Elizabeth rendered at the daily offered to them. This, of course, contrasts very unfavor­ Waynesville Home. Elizabeth has removed to her own home ably with the attitude toward teachers in those countries with nearby. Barrett Hollister spoke of Barnard Walton as a strik­ which we compete for leadership, or with that of the ancients, ing character, loved by all who knew him. as expressed by Marcus Aurelius: "To the gods I am indebted Reta Rogers and Claude Wood presented reports of the for having good teachers." The effects of a poor teacher will conference held at Quaker Haven in 1962. Maud Wood, as influence hundreds of students adversely, but that of a great Yearly Meeting representative to the regional office of the one will reverberate through time. "Let not many of you AFSC, spoke of the spirit and religious philosophy which mo­ become teachers, brethren, for you know that we who teach tivate the service of the committee. The discussions with Bar­ shall be judged with greater strictness." Qames 3:1) rett Hollister, Marshall Sutton, and Paul Goulding were in­ Love of teaching implies far more than its superficial deno­ formative. tation-it reaches into the very heart of human relationship, Canby Jones gave a lively account of "Friends and Their for the act of teaching is an act of love. Part in the Ecumenical Movement." Paul Goulding used as the topic of his address "God's Creative Word and Our Indiana Yearly Meeting Response." Barrett Hollister, who gave the final address on Sunday, By wANDA WRIGHT CLARK ably described his work with Friends in Russia, Germany, and NDIANA YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS (General other European countries. I Conference) met at Fall Creek Meeting House near Pendle­ Elizabeth Chandler compiled a splendid summary of the ton, Indiana, August 22 to 25. This was the l43rd annual many Epistles received, concluding it with this thought: "We session held in the quaint little Meeting House situated at need a revival of compassion to bridge the chasm that separates the end of a shady lane, far off the busy highway. men, and keeps them from understanding each other and the The meeting opened with the reading of the London different problems and conditions which they face. Most im­ Yearly Meeting Epistle, followed by a few passages from Eliz­ portant of all is to begin with ourselves. We cannot find peace abeth Gray Vining's Friend of Life. with folded hands." Louis Neuman was presiding clerk, Ruth Dickinson read­ ing clerk, Mervin Palmer recording clerk, and Elizabeth Chandler corresponding clerk. Meeting Workers Institute An interesting account of the new Meeting at Lafayette By LAWRENCE McK. MILLER, JR. was given by Margaret Wildman Webster. This Meeting affili­ IXTY Friends from thirty-five Meetings ga·thered from Sep­ ated with White Water Quarterly Meeting on June 2, 1963. S tember 20 to 22 at Pendle Hill for the second annual Meet­ Charles Harker of the Friends Committee on National ing Workers Institute. Invited consultants included Lawrence Legislation emphasized the inter-relationships that are present and Virginia Apsey, Howard and Anna Brinton, Rachel Cad­ in all of our categories of services and activities. bury, Charles Doehlert, Paul Goulding, Caroline Jacob, Dan Among visitors welcomed were Tom and Esther Jones, Wilson, Curt Regen, and Anna Morris. Larry Miller, General Richmond, Ind.; Marian and Ronald Dirkins, Lafayette; Ron Secretary of Friends General Conference, presided. Holden, Indianapolis; Marshall Sutton, Wilmington, 0.; The program was based on concerns presented in the open­ Claude and Mary Wood, Western Yearly Meeting; Dora Rice ing session. Most of the concerns fell into four categories. Two and Helen Sanders, Louisville, Ky.; Selig Goodman, Dayton; consultants introduced the subject at each of the four sessions. Paul Goulding of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; and Myron The mood of the Institute was reflected in the choice of topics: and Lucile Stratton of Knightstown Meeting. sharing our life and message, the purpose and meaning of The Meeting expressed its joy and interest in the probable membership, the basis of deep fellowship, and faithfulness to formation of a new Yearly Meeting of the Lake Erie Associa­ the testimonies. ciation. Raymond and Sarah Braddock will serve as represen­ Opening the session on sharing, Caroline Jacob pointed tatives from our Meeting. out the values of tradition: in discovering one's faith, in feel­ ing the support of a corporate body, and in having a point Wanda Wright Clark lives in Pennville, Ind., where she is clerk of Camden Monthly Meeting. of departure for breaking new ground. But preeminently what A PUBLICATION OF THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING Dimensions of Religion By AMELIA w. SWAYNE Amelia Swayne, a member of Newtown (Pa.) Meet­ ing, is well known as an author of Friends' publications. Her inspiration and leadership have been shared with Friends of all ages: children in First-day Schools, teen­ agers in George School classes, families at Cape May and Family Institutes, and members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Friends General Conference Committees. This article reflects her basic concern. OR many years some people have said, "Religion is caught, F not taught." Others, believing that religious values must be taught, have organized classes, provided teachers, and worked conscientiously to implement this belief. Which group is right? Must a choice be made? Is there a real dilemma here? Before trying to determine whether religion is caught or taught, it might be helpful to look at the different dimen­ sions of religion. It is possible that certain aspects are trans­ mitted or developed in one way, and others in another. If so, what responsibility does this place on the Meeting? Belief in a supreme power is the foundation of all religion. The power may be a god or gods, generally endowed with some qualities of personality; it may be the reality present in all animate and inanimate creation; it may be the power of the human spirit. The nature of this force and how it operates are described in the theology of each particular form of reli­ gion, and are often expressed in a creed, to which members are asked to subscribe. In general, one could say that a fundamental belief is not caught, although the prevailing atmosphere of a country or of a culture influences to a large degree what one believes. Then can it be taught? A creed may be taught and its mean­ ing explained; the pupil may learn to repeat its words; but the belief or faith, which it expresses, has to come from within the individual person. He has to learn or achieve his own faith. If all good teaching presupposes an effective interaction between teacher and student, and assumes that the teaching is not complete until the student makes the knowledge his own, then belief can be taught. However, the fact must be recognized that, in many fields of endeavor and even with the very best teachers, this important response of the learner may be absent. Along with a belief in a spiritual power, there have devel­ oped rituals designed to open the way to communicating with that power. The rites may be simple or elaborate, beautiful 468-A or austere, full of activity or very quiet, but their goal is the same, to still the mind and open the heart to spiritual guid­ ance. By copying the behavior of others, one learns the pro­ cedures and sometimes may also catch the spirit. To penetrate to the meaning behind the actions, however, instruction is essential, especially where the ritual is complicated, or where, as in silent waiting, it is deceptively simple. It is also very helpful to be guided by more experienced worshippers in the best way to take part in any ceremony. Nevertheless, the copy­ ing, the instruction, and the practice may lead only to a beautiful or solemn performance, unless there is a desire on the part of the participants to use the silence, the singing, or the prayer as an avenue of approach to God. Sometimes, even when a strong desire is present, people fail to achieve com­ munication. Then the seeker may need to look deep within himself for attitudes, fears, hates, material concerns which are shutting him away from God. Primitive forms of religion have usually stopped with these first two dimensions; but those more advanced include a third development: the practice in daily relationship of a code of ethics. On this there is almost unanimous agreement, no mat­ ter how much divergence there may be in theology or ritual. This plan for living is simply stated in what we know as the Golden Rule. It is in this area that religion is most easily caught. If parents and school friends, teachers and business­ men are kind and considerate, patient and tolerant, inclusive rather than snobbish, the people with whom they associate will frequently want to catch the spirit that makes such an attitude possible. Here, too, it must be noted, mere exposure is not enough; there must be a desire and will to emulate. Enthusiasm, steadfastness, courage are contagious and will take root in minds that are open and ready. Contacts with as many devoted persons as possible, both through direct association with living people and through reading and imagination with the many inspiring figures of the past, will encourage and help to develop the desire and the readiness. At this point many, perhaps most, religious people stop, believing that their religion serves them adequately if it can offer a faith, a method of worship, and an opportunity for service. However, several religious groups, including Friends, have emphasized a fourth dimension, often termed mysticism. A simpler and less confusing name for this dimension is per­ sonal awareness. Mystics assume that the goal of life is to keep open the channels of communication with God, not only during specific periods set aside for worship and meditation, but in all the humdrum activities of everyday existence. Brother Lawrence was conscious of the presence of God as he did menial tasks in the kitchen; St. Francis was constantly aware of Him as he traveled about Italy, teaching and preach­ ing; as he was being cruelly persecuted, J ames Nayler could say, "There is a spirit which I feel." This dimension of reli­ gion can neither be taught nor caught; it must be achieved. It is an art which can come only through long years of prac­ tice and intensive work. Even those persons who have had sudden dramatic revelations of truth have had to continue to use prayer and meditation to keep minds and hearts open and Iesponsive. If this line of thought be correct, the conclusion to be 468-B drawn is that religion may be both taught and caught, but only when there is an inner readiness on the part of the learner. It is generally recognized that J esus was one of the world's greatest teachers; yet the twelve men most closely associated with him did not understand his verbal instruction nor catch his spirit, while he lived among them. It was only after his death, when they no longer relied on his physical presence and had discovered his living spirit within themselves, that they knew what he had been trying to teach them. How then should the Society of Friends approach this im­ portant function of religious education? It must be recognized that a Meeting should strive to nourish the spiritual life of all its members in the four dimensions of religion mentioned above. Religious education is an ongoing and all-inclusive process, and cannot be the work of any one committee. Cer­ tainly it cannot be expected to be performed in the single hour a week set aside for First-day School or even during the combined meeting and First-day School period. Children and high school age youth, young parents, new members, older Friends--all have special needs, to which the Meeting should try to minister. There should be opportunities to acquire in­ formation and knowledge, and for discussion and exchange of experience. There should be regular periods of worship, as well as special times for prayer and meditation in smaller more intimate groups. Certain areas of social concern should be considered, and Friends should be encouraged to share in some service. Members should always know where to turn for per­ sonal fellowship, guidance, and encouragement or inspiration to begin and to continue their spiritual search. Dimensions, interpreted in these terms, do not, then, be­ come limiting. Rather, they can be widened and expanded to include a richer faith, deepening experiences of worship, greater opportunities for service, growing awareness of per­ sonal worth. No longer is it adequate to say, "We can't do this because it never has been done." Nor can we become com­ placent about what is being done. The possibilities are limit­ less and the responsibility rests with us all. In the light of all of this, how does your Meeting answer the following queries: "What efforts are you making to edu­ cate all your members in the knowledge of the Bible, of Christianity, and of the history and principles of Friends?" "Do your Meetings give evidence that Friends come to them with hearts and minds prepared for worship?" We Built Our Meeting HAT can twelve to fifteen people do about organizing W a Meeting when their intended members are scattered over three cities and towns? That depends upon the people and upon their enthusiasm for accomplishment-no small as­ signment with so few persons, with no money in sight, with no "weighty" Friends on whom to rely! We began when it was discovered there were four Friends working for TVA, and they and their families wished to become better acquainted. One meeting led to another and to the decision to meet regularly in one of the homes. It is all very well to meet with other Friends and feast upon discussion of challenging subjects and fellowship with them; but- "in what way are our children being trained to 468-C take up the work for Friends' concerns when we can no longer participate?" was the question that kept hammering its way into our minds. Four years had passed. Friends had been kind and accommodating. But even the children sensed that a room "is not ours" in which materials could not be left from week to week. It became increasingly urgent that we should have a place of our own. Meetings for worship and lengthy discussions were held; investigations as to a location were made; sources of financial assistance were explored; and much prayer undergirded all. "God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." Again this was demonstrated when an architect brother of one of our members offered to draw plans for a meeting house. A member offered a generous loan. A wooded area on the western side of Knoxville, also accessible to Oak Ridge and to Crossville, became the chosen place. With the goal in sight, enthusiasm ran high. During the warm months following the purchase of the land, we met under the trees on this property for our First­ day School and worship, in a setting full of the majesty of God and the beauty of His handiwork. This experience, more than any other, brought us closer together in unity of purpose. Lines of communication went out from Philadelphia. Visits from James Walker and other committee members brought inspiration and encouragement from the Friends World Com­ mittee, and in 1959 we became a Monthly Meeting under their care. Barnard and Jesse Walton shared with us the work and aspirations of other small Meetings. Size came to have less importance than vitality. From other directions came other concerned Friends to strengthen our resolve and our hand. • • • The date was October I, 1961, approximately eight years after our first coming together. The gathered worshippers shared the silence of the simple setting, the warmth of fellow­ ship was symbolized in the glowing fire, the search for knowl­ edge and undentanding spoke from the books on the shelves, the woodland beauty and simplicity seen through the large window brought peace. The West Knoxville Friends Meeting was worshipping in its new meeting house for the first time. LALAH MACON Knozvill6, Tenn.

The purpose of these pages is to share with you spiritual experiences that can help build the life of our Meetings and our members. We cherish the atmosphere that makes Friends want to share their talents and accept the responsibility of membership in the Society of Friends. We especially want two-way channels of com­ munication. Will you write and tell us your views on the subjects discussed here1 Religious Education Committee Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1515 Cherry St., Philadelphia

Editorial Staff: Charles A. Doohlert, Norman Hollingsworth, Margoret W. Evans, Caroline Pineo (The cost of this supplement is borne by the Religious Education Committee from private subscriptions.) 468-D November 1, 1963 FRIENDS JOURNAL 469 we share as Friends are the meeting for worship as an experi­ taken by the caring Meeting when personal troubles are evi­ ence in ·the renewal of the power of God in the individual, dent. While the healing of souls and bodies through prayer and the resultant compulsion to respond through service and is a reality, prayer does not discharge the obligation to help. witness. Many people not now in the Society of Friends do It is often the beginning of that help. God works through have needs that can be met by Quaker corporate life, even people. though Friends themselves have honest doubts and questions The final session of the Institute, on faithfulness to the about the quality of their Meetings and the validity of their testimonies, was opened by Virginia and Lawrence Apsey. Tes­ beliefs. Charles Doehlert spoke of the need to share as one timonies are valid only to the extent that we are practicing reborn, with some of the fire of the early Friends. The per­ them and making them real on a person-to-person basis. But sonal approach is to be preferred to a generalized program. underlying the individual expression is the corporate witness In the discussion it was said that many Friends suffer from of the Meeting, and it is at this point that the Meeting is the image they create of themselves as well as from the images frequently under strain. Testimonies cannot be based on tra­ created by others. There is the temptation to play God. The dition; they must be seen as the free flowing of the Spirit. obstacles of complacency, of insensitivity based on economic Discussion revealed both the differences of emphasis and privilege and the suburban mentality, and of respectability the need for much more communication. While a Meeting must be dealt with by a growth of the inner life, not by guilty must be free to act from the sense of the Meeting, there must self-denial. We must continue as seekers, setting aside arro­ also be a continuous process of corporate discussion and search, gance and dogmatism, drawing upon modern thought to help so that individual witness will be related to the life of the us to understand old symbols and our own experiences. Above Meeting. The primary need is to rediscover continuously the all, we must be completely honest. basic source of the testimonies and to be worthy of whatever Introducing the session on membership, Dan Wilson char­ witness is attempted. acterized it as a commitment to spiritual search in freedom and in fellowship, urging Friends to make every application Books for membership an occasion for clarifying the thinking of the DIMENSIONS OF PRAYER. By DouGLAS V. STEERE. Harper Meeting. Howard Brinton pointed out that until very recently Friends were interested primarily in the actions of the appli­ and Row, New York, 1963. 130 pages. $2.50 cant. Not until 1926 did Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Arch Twenty-five years ago I asked my Quaker friend, "Can you Street) have any reference to belief. Children were automa­ tell me how to pray, when I don't even know what I believe tically included in membership because they were considered about prayer?" to be "under the care of the Meeting." "Read Douglas Steere's Prayer and Worship," she said, Discussion of this topic revealed that some Meetings are presenting me with a copy. faced with the problem of a superior status being attached May the help many of us found in that earlier presenta­ to birthright membership. For this reason, attempts are being tion be discovered by today's seekers in Douglas Steere's new made to eliminate birthright membership, as London Yearly workbook, Dimensions of Prayer! Some of the subjects he Meeting has done, and to set up associate or junior member­ develops are Creatureliness and Prayer; What Do We Do ships for children of members, giving them an opportunity When We Pray; Spoken Prayers and Attention; To Come Near to become themselves convinced at an appropriate age. It was God Is to Change; On Accepting the Forgiveness of God; recognized, however, that this solution does not necessarily The Cost of Intercessory Prayer; Prayer and Spiritual Healing; touch the root of the problem-the failure to achieve a real The Seeds of Concern; Concerns and Rational Scrutiny; What spiritual fellowship, a blessed community, in which adults and of Prayer Without Ceasing; Private Prayer and Corporate children, members and attenders alike, know each other at Worship. a deep level and are moving forward together. Membership For those who wish to use this book in adult classes or should mean only commitment and responsibility. study groups, copies of Guide to Dimensions of Prayer, by In the opening remarks on the deepening of the Meeting, Constance Garrett, may be ordered for 35 cents each from the Paul Goulding asked the Institute to consider the nature of Women's Division of Christian Service, 475 Riverside Drive, New York 27, N.Y. Christian fellowship. The church is a place for sinners; we JosEPHINE M. BENToN are in need of each other. Suffering is often the path of spir­ itual growth. Our pilgrimage may include an exodus, a re­ VARIETIES OF ENGLISH PREACHING 1900-1960. By formation, a new creation through Christ. At the center of HoRTON DAVIES. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. our church must be prayer. 276 pages. $6.60 Rachel Cadbury emphasized· the fundamental importance This book, which might well have been deadly dull, is in of relationship, the relationship to oneself, to others, and to fact lively and interesting. It tells of the styles, literary and God. In regard to others, we must really care and we must theological, of the prominent English preachers of the last be really honest. Caring is costly, in time and in choices. sixty years. The book was opened with hope of finding exten­ Honesty has as a prerequisite sufficient emotional detachment sive examples. They are not there. It is only fair to add, how­ to be objective. The discussion pointed out that often mem­ ever, that their inclusion would have doubled the size of the bers cannot serve as counselors because of fear that disclosures book and would have been inappropriate in lectures, which will not be held in confidence. Some initiative needs to be the chapters originally were. 470 FRIENDS JOURNAL November 1, 1968

To American readers, who usually expect their sermons to Friends and Their Friends be pretty solemn, it may come as something of a shock to learn Pendle Hill has invited Thomas Hora, New York City psy­ of the esteem in which wit is held in English preaching. It chiatrist who was born and educated in Czechoslovakia, to ranges all the way from Dean Inge's, "A priest is never so lead a weekend seminar, November 8 to 10. Friends who have happy as when he has a prophet to stone," and Bishop Gore's, heard Thomas Hora feel that he "speaks with special relevance "Each for himself and God for us all, as the elephant said to those of us who are concerned with relating the Quaker when he danced among the chickens," to the commentator message to the existential anxiety of our time." In four lecture who said of one who published his sermons, "He thinks he is sessions, Dr. Hora will explore the relationship between psy­ a pillar of the church, but he is only two columns in the chotherapy, existence, religion, and the "nonthinkable," en­ Evening Standard." One cannot help wondering whether wit deavoring to integrate whatever ideas may evolve in the dis· ever made anyone more godly, but it may illustrate very well cussion periods. the difference between preaching and worship. The weekend will begin with dinner at 6 p.m. on Friday, C. F. W. November 8, and will close with dinner at 1 p.m. on Sunday, November 10. The lectures will be given at 8 p.m. Friday, THE DEADLOCK OF DEMOCRACY: Four-Party Politics 10 a.m. Saturday, 8 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. Sunday. Total in America. By JAMES MAcGREGOR BuRNs. Prentice-Hall, cost for the weekend, including room and meals, will be $15.00. Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1963. 388 pages. $5.95 A $5.00 registration fee in advance is necessary for a reserva­ Professor Burns, who teaches political science in Williams tion to be held. The charge for attenders not staying at Pendle College, once ran for Congress as a Democrat in a one-party Hill will be $1.25 per lecture. Requests for reservations should Republican district in western Massachusetts in order to com­ .be sent to Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Pa. 19086. plete his own education. This experience confirmed the con­ clusion of his analysis of the history of Congressional and The London Friend of September 20 reports that Maurice Presidential experience in the United States, that one-party Webb, Friend from Bulawayo, who was taken ill in London districts, in the Republican rural North or in the Democratic last August as he was about to embark for the United States, is South, aid the formation of what he calls Congressional parties making good progress in Wimbledon Hospital. Maurice Webb, in both the Democratic and Republican parties, which have editor of the Southern Africa Quaker Newsletter and former more in common with each other than either has with the clerk of Southern Africa Yearly Meeting, is the JouRNAL's Presidential party that bears its name. The result is coalition correspondent for Southern Rhodesia. government among four parties, with the Congressional parties usually able to block action and with the President in office The annual meetings of the American Friends Service Com­ getting more help from the opposing Presidential party than mittee will be held November 22 and 23 at the Race Street from the Congressional party that the electors believe to be Meeting House, Race Street west of 15th Street, in Philadel­ on his side. phia. Board and Corporation meetings will be held during Mr. Burns suggests steps to change this situation, which, he the day on Friday, the 22nd, and public meetings for discus­ thinks, is unsatisfactory for a country with the problems the sion of AFSC programs will be held that evening and on United States now has to face, such as transportation, the Saturday, the 23rd, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. consequences of the catastrophic population increase, and in­ Roger Wilson from the Friends Service Council in London, ternational relations. His suggestions are specific and inter­ who will be in this country as a member of the Quaker UN esting. One is for the President, by emphasizing "way-of-life" Program group at the General Assembly, will be at the meet­ issues as well as "bread-and-butter" issues, to rouse the interest ings, as will Gilbert F. White, new chairman of the AFSC's of citizens enough -to enlarge the electorate (less than 65 per­ Board of Directors, and Harold Evans, the retiring chairman. cent of the eligibles now vote) and thus undermine the one­ A detailed program of the annual meetings is available party districts. Vigorous Presidential leadership, an enlarged from the AFSC, 160 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102. electorate, and modification of party organization to encourage participation of those who are concerned about issues as well The American Friends Service Committee has announced as those who are mainly interested in defending their own the launching of a new program in West Africa designed to jobs, would, Mr. Burns thinks, increase real competition be­ increase communication across barriers of language and reli­ tween parties and encourage decisions on the merits of the gion between leading citizens of the newly emerging nations. issues. He points out that an important step in enlarging the A small staff located in Lome, Togo, will plan a series of electorate is the winning of their political rights by Negro international conferences and seminars for leaders of African citizens. life and thought-diplomats, senior civil servants, parliamen­ The trouble with this sort of proposal is that, every once tarians, journalists, educators, and businessmen. in a while, the Presidential party takes up some cock-eyed no­ Both French-speaking and English-speaking Africans will tion, like some of the current suggestions for amending the be invited to these conferences, the purpose of which is to income tax law; and it is convenient to have the Congressional permit leading citizens to talk over mutual concerns in a relaxed, off-the-record fashion. party to moderate such suggestions. RICHARD R. Wooo Heading the new Quaker program in West Africa will be November 1, 1963 FRIENDS JOURNAL 471

Robert Byrd, professor of political science at North Park everything I am doing these days . • • that is, I believe we College in Chicago. The associate directGr will be Abraham have so poisoned the air with our hate in the last twenty years, Keller, a professor of romance languages at the University of that we have done real damage. Now I think it is time that Washington. we try to . • . look at the positive things, the good things . . . The theme of the conference program in West Africa will that are coming out of the Soviet Union, and especially some be "Africa Today-Common Tasks and Aspirations." The of the value thinking they are holding up to their people. first conference will pmbably be held in the spring of 1964. Some of it is so repelling as to be frightening to us, but . . . like the nightmare in the parable, it turns out to be our brother after all .. . ." Christmas and the Chinese New Year are featured in a Holiday Happiness Kit recently issued by the American Friends Service Committee. A picture story of children enjoying a The Religious Education Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Christmas party at the Hong Kong Day Nursery is followed by Meeting has prepared a Kit for Young Adults which contains detailed suggestions about observing the Chinese New Year seven packets--

Algerians, struggling to build a new nation out of a war-torn country, are 2700 blankets richer because friends of the Amer­ Gifts totaling $200,000 have been given by the Grundy ican Friends Service Committee, from every part of the United Foundation to the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore States, have been contributing trading stamps for this purpose. College and the library at Haverford College. In addition, some stamps have been converted into cash so that The ninety-three year old Friends Library at Swarthmore the Service Committee has almost $1,000 for other program was granted $125,000 to allow it "to add to the collection of needs in Algeria. books and manuscripts relating to the history of the Religious The total in blankets and cash is expected to increase as Society of Friends in America." Joseph Ridgway Grundy was stamp books already on hand are processed and as increasing a member of the Swarthmore Class of 1883. numbers of people learn that stamps can be used for so worth­ The Haverford College Library, which regards its Quaker while a purpose. Such gifts are tax deductible. Collection as an integral part of the college library, was given $75,000 to "increase its collection of books and manuscripts Projects to help Algerians help themselves continue to have high AFSC priority. Cold weather is not far off in Algeria; relating to the history of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley, with special emphasis on the contributions of members many blankets are still needed if a family is to have even one. Cash gifts suppovt health clinics, an agricultural project, work­ of the Society of Friends." shops where young men learn essential skills, and ateliers where The grants were awarded in recognition of the fact that women are taught sewing, hygiene, and nutrition. these two institutions have the finest Quaker libraries in the United States. While there is a good bit of friendly rivalry be­ tween the two colleges, there is a great deal of cooperation Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Stony Run, is sponsoring between the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore and classes in the Russian language for members and attenders. the Quaker Collection at Haverford. Scholars come from all Taught by Claire Walker, a member of the Meeting who is over the United States, and frequently fmm overseas, to con­ on the faculty of Baltimore Friends School, the classes are sult both the printed and manuscript materials in these given on Wednesday evenings fmm 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., either libraries. in the meeting house or at the school, as participants prefer. Haverford, which began to collect Quaker material in 1833, The sessions will continue until Christmas-time, then resume has a substantial collection of 17th century material, including in January for nine more weeks, and then recess again while the Jenks Collection of Quaker tracts and also the journals the class decides whether it wishes to continue. Conversational and papers of many early Pennsylvania families. It has em­ Russian is emphasized. phasized material about the work of Fr-iends with the Indians The Russian classes, writes Claire Walker, grew out of a and has a large collection of Quaker fiction and the Rufus M. "constant concern that rides in the background of nearly Jones collection. The American Friends Service Committee 472 FRIENDS JOURNAL November 1, 1963

archives are in the college library, but under the control of The recently completed Meeting House and Friends Center the AFSC. at 4001 Ninth Avenue Northeast, in Seattle, was dedicated by The Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore has the members and their guests on September 22, with a meeting papers of many Friends' families, and has specialized in such for worship, followed by a talk on "Regeneration in the Life antislavery figures as John Woolman, John Greenleaf Whittier, of Man," by Sally Bryan, clerk of the Meeting. A social hour and Lucretia Mott. It has a very large Peace Collection, in­ and tour of the building followed. cluding the archives of many peace movements and the Jane The first Friends Center in the University District was Addams papers. The library has been a depository for Friends' established in 1937, at 3959 15th Avenue Northeast, by the Meeting records, and has a large collection of pictures and Puget Sound Quarterly Meeting. University Friends Meeting photographs, including works by Edward Hicks. was organized a year later. The first clerk of the Meeting was Ruth Schmoe. Several of the fourteen original members are The John Carter Brown Library of Brown University has still active in the University Friends Meeting and Friends published a full sized facsimile of an early road map of New Center. England. This pen-and-ink map was prepared in 1782 by John In 1950 a Meeting House was built on property adjoining Alsop for the use of itinerant Quaker ministers who traveled Friends Center. In 1962, the University of Washington, be­ from Meeting to Meeting in the area between the Kennebec cause of its expansion plans, acquired all the Friends' property and the Connecticut Rivers. On it are shown the locations on 15th Avenue Northeast, and the Friends started work on of the various Meetings and the distances between them. The the new building, which was completed in September. map was described in the Spring 1963 issue of Quaker History, The style of the new building is contemporary. The meet­ The Bulletin of Friends Historical Association. A reprint of ing room, library, and social room are on the main floor, with the article, with an introductory note by Henry J. Cadbury, Sunday school rooms and nursery below. The Pacific North­ is provided with each copy of the facsimile. Both are available west Regional Office of the American Friends Service Com­ for $3.00 (with a twenty-five per cent discount to Associates mittee occupies the ground floor facing 40th Street. of the John Carter Brown Library and to members of the The Property and Building Committee includes Donald Friends Historical Association) from the John Carter Brown Beach, Charles Coe, Benjamin Darling, William Hanson, Library, Brown University, Providence 12, R.I. Ward Miles, Hilda Seligman, Hoyd Schmoe, and Margaret Terrell, chairman.

The four Tucson, Arizona, high school teachers who have On September 16, under the care of the College Park Asso· been teaching without pay while seeking to test the constitu­ dation of Friends, the John Woolman School, a new venture tionality of the Arizona loyalty oath law, having lost in the in Friendly education, was scheduled to open. During the State Supreme Court last spring, hope to bring their case to summer, many of the prospective instructors contributed their the United States Supreme Court, if they can raise the $10,000 services in the actual construction of the school buildings. The needed for court costs and support of the plaintiffs. A victory school is beginning with the lOth and lith grades and plans would have nation-wide repercussions in the field of civil to add the 12th next year. It is a combined boarding and day liberties. Friends wishing to help may send checks made out school. to Richard Gorby, Treasurer, to the Emergency Committee to Defend Liberties of Arizona Public Employees, 2648 North On August 24-25 the bicentenary of Marsden Meeting Fair Oaks, Tucson, Ariz. House (Eng.) was observed with an exhibition of old Quaker costumes and an address by Elfrida Vipont Foulds. The fol­ Larry Gara, a member of Reading (Pa.) Meeting, whose lowing day after a meeting for worship, a group of Friends dismissal from the faculty of Grove City College, Grove City, made a pilgrimage to the Pendle Hill that looms so high in Pa., on charges of "incompetence" attracted considerable atten­ Quaker history. tion among both Friends and educators, has been vindicated on all counts by the American Association of University Pro­ Friend James Alfred Perkins (Germantown Friends School, fessors, the organization to whom he appealed to make a thor­ Swarthmore College) was inaugurated as president of Cornell ough investigation of his case. In scathing criticism of the University on October 4. The New York Times reports that college, the Association's report (published in its spring Bul­ he "has made his presence felt on the Cornell campus with letin) states that the action of the college's administration "fails such speed that some members of the academic community most seriously to measure up to the principles and procedures have been left breathless." The presidency of Cornell is not of the AAUP." The Association ruled that Gara had achieved his only activity. He is a member of the general advisory com­ tenure and had a "productive record by the standards of any mittee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the college or university." It found "no evidence whatsoever of United States Commission for UNESCO, the Herter Com­ incompetence." (No charge had been made regarding Gara's mittee on Foreign Affairs Personnel, a committee established pacifist activities, but his record as a nonregistrant C.O. has by Governor Hughes to study higher education needs in New been felt to have been the basic motive of the college in dis­ Jersey, and the head of a committee established by the New missing him.) He is now on the faculty of Wilmington (0.) York Board of Regents. Nor do these appointments exhaust College, as associate professor of history. the list. November 1, 1963 FRIENDS JOURNAL 473

Jonathan E. Rhoads, noted surgeon, medical educator, and Letters to the Editor former Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named president of the Corporation and chairman of the Board Letters are subject to editorial revision if too long. Anonymous communications cannot be accepted. of Managers of Haverford College. A member of the college's Board of Managers since 1948, he succeeds S. Emlen Stokes of I was struck by the irony of Friends' planning to rebuild Moorestown, N. J., who completes 18 years of service as presi­ a crumbling old meeting house where there is at present no dent of the Corporation and chairman of the Board, and who active Meeting, when I read of these plans just after attend­ will fill Jonathan Rhoads' unexpired term on the Board of ing our Monthly Meeting (FRIENDS JouRNAL, September 15). Managers. Jonathan Rhoads is a member of Germantown There we had struggled with the problem of how our young, Meeting, Philadelphia. growing group, now unsatisfactorily housed in rented quarters, could raise the money to build a new meeting house. The East Nottingham Brick Meeting House is of highly Alfred Lowry, Jr., a member of the FRIENDS JouRNAL Board distinguished historical antecedents, but when I read that it of Managers, has recently become art director of Newsweek is termite-ridden and that winds blow through the cracks in magazine, after several years as art director of the American the masonry, I could picture a very expensive and major re­ Weekly. He is a member of New York Monthly Meeting. building, not merely restoring (and I speak with the experience of one who lives in a 200-year-old house into which termites Edward N. Wright of the American Friends Service Com­ have taken a small bite). Do we build for the past or for the mittee staff is in Paris, France, where he will serve for a year present and future? as European director of the AFSC's Overseas Work Camp Amherst, Mass. GEORGANA M. FosTER Program. His wife, Elizabeth Wright, will continue with her teaching of English Literature at Swarthmore College for the The test ban treaty has been approved, but most of those first semester of the 1963-64 academic year, and will join Ed­ who worked hard for it show little reaction. The voice of ward Wright in Paris next January. In June, 1964, she will opposition, on the other hand, is very loud. Why are we­ be retired as professor emeritus. The Wrights are members Friends, peace workers, pacifists--so removed? Are we afraid of Providence Meeting, Media, Pa. to show positive feelings--relief, hope, joy? We have been ready to stand in silent vigil to express that we are against many things. Why do we hesitate to show we are for some­ Susan Gower Smith of Durham (N.C.) Meeting and North thing? Why don't we call for joyful gatherings, happy parades, Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) attended as a voting services to give thanks? Why don't we listen to Isaiah 65:18: delegate the Eleventh Congress of the World Association of "But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create. World Federalists held this year in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, For, behold, I create Jerusalem rejoicing, and her people a joy." August 24-30. Seventeen delegates were present from the United World Federalists, the World Association's affiliate in New York, N. Y. EDMUND P. HILLPERN the U.S. A. Many parents of several religious denominations have looked to the public schools to instill some religious concepts William D. Strong, a member of New York Yearly Meeting, in their children and have voiced objections to the recent who is with Church World Service in Lima, Peru, writes that Supreme Court ruling on Bible reading in these schools. their small Friends Meeting now gathers on a weekly basis with If critics were to be spurred by this decision to greater efforts fifteen adults and children. Meetings are held in the homes at home and in Sunday Schools, some good might result. How­ of members at 9:30 Sunday mornings. William and Nancy ever, probably few of those who have not sent their children Strong live at Agrupacian Barboncito A-120 Mira!l.ores, Lima, to Sunday School or exerted a religious influence in the home Peru. can be expected to do so because of the Supreme Court's decision. Friends will be glad to know that study of the methods of If our children's principal religious guidance remains in disarmament continues even though an actionless year has the home, where it begins, and if it is supplemented by inspir­ passed since the U.S. presented its program to the U.N. ing and vigorous efforts in Sunday Schools and Synagogue Murray E. Weidenbaum, of the Panel on Economic Impacts Schools, is it not from such efforts that spiritual and moral (USACDA), reminds us in a reprint of an article in the Uni­ needs can be met in these times when such needs are so great? versity of Washington Business Review of a few of the prob­ Newtown, Pa. RoBERT A. HENTZ lems involved. Immediate disarmament would affect the em­ ployment of some 1,500,000 civilians, in addition to citizens Carl Wise's article, "The Spirit and the Supreme Court" in uniform. In the aircraft industry, military output con­ (September 1) prompts me to remark that it seems most un­ stitutes 94 per cent of the business. These figures are cited becoming for Friends to smile with complacent approval upon not to discourage disarmers, but "to point up the problems to the effects of recent Supreme Court decisions regarding prayer be met," for his conclusion is that "our economy does not re­ in public schools because these decisions appear, for the quire defense spending for its continued growth and well­ moment, to be endorsing certain of our principles--including being." the eschewing of creeds and formal prayers. I wonder what 474 FRIENDS JOURNAL November 1, 1963 we will say if some exacerbated agnostic files a suit aimed at ADOPTION prohibiting a public school from beginning classes with a few GWYN-By Robert J. and Martha Gwyn of Muncie, Ind., moments of silence-as one very well might if he carried cer­ NICHOLAS DAVID GWYN, born on April 18, 1960, who arrived from tain current lines of reasoning to their ultimate conclusion. Seoul, Korea, on September 22. 1963; and GRECORY MICHAEL GwYN, born in Indiana on January 17, 1963. They are welcomed by two None of us can know with certainty at this point whether sisters, Sara and Rachel, and by a brother, Christopher. All are the Founding Fathers intended to establish a completely secu­ members of Urbana-Champaign (III.) Meeting and attenders of larized state in which all outward manifestations of religion Muncie Meeting. The maternal grandparents, Herschel and Wini­ were to be taboo, or whether they merely intended that no fred Peery, are members of Sugar Plain Meeting (Western Yearly Meeting). single religion should enjoy official sanction or support in MARRIAGES preference to others. Consequently, no issue affecting ques­ DERR-TRUEBLOOD-Qn June 22, in the Gwynedd (Pa.) Meet­ tions of religion in schools or other public institutions or ing House, ELIZABETH CLAIRE TRUEBLOOD, daughter of D. Elton and observances can be handled without some recourse to value the late Pauline Trueblood of Richmond, Ind., and B. DANIEL DERR, judgments. It is clear that the current campaign to banish son of Wallace and Eleanor Derr of Bloomsburg, Pa. all public manifestations of religion and all official recognition FORMAN-LEE-on September 13, in St. Louis, Mo., BARBARA LEE and RICHARD TowNSEND TURNER FoRMAN, son of H. Chandlee of the existence of God is spearheaded by persons who are and Caroline Lippincott Forman of Easton, Md. The groom is a dedicated in their hostility to conventional religious values and member of Haverford (Pa.) Meeting. mores (however worthless these may be), and who esteem vary­ JACKSON-WILLIAMS-At a double wedding in the Swarth­ ing degrees of agnosticism as being superior. Friends who can­ more (Pa.) Meeting House on June 22, CARoL JEAN WILLIAMS and DANIEL HULL JACKSON. not see this must be very blind indeed, even if they do have MARTIN-WILLIAMS-On June 22 in the Swarthmore Meet­ a high regard for past work of the ACLU. The issue is not ing House (see above), JoYCE WILLIAMS and CHRISTOPHER EDWARD satisfactorily disposed of by implying, as Carl Wise appears to, MARTIN. that religious precepts are not much good anyway, and that The brides are the daughters of Ned and Louise Williams of true religious principles wiii assert themselves in any case. Swarthmore Meeting and the granddaughters of Horace and Lau­ rette Stubbs of New York Monthly Meeting. Many of us wiii still maintain that religious precepts have a place, and that they should go hand in hand with example. DEATH It seems inconceivable to me that those who know God VAIL-on October 2, as the result of an automobile accident, as Living Reality, as the Inner Light, will accept the premise J. AusoN VAIL, aged 58, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was the son of the late William H. Vail of Baltimore, Md., and the husband of Helen that the name of God must be stricken from the Pledge of Blakeney Vail. Allegiance or from the currency on the ground that it will Correction: Lillie C. Bunting's death occurred on August 31, offend someone's sectarian belief--or sectarian disbelief. Let's 1963, and not on August 8, as reported in the October 15 issue. take our stand with those who believe in God-not with the Unitarians and the ACLU. Coming Events Dunlap, Illinois CECIL SMITH (Deadline for calendar items: fifteen days before date of publication.) NOVEMBER 1-2-Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Adjourned Sessions, Fourth Congratulations on an especially good issue of the FRIENDS and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. November 1: 2 p.m., American JouRNAL dated September I. I am going to place it in the Friends Sel'Vice Committee, Quaker United Nations Program; dinner hands of the Epistle Committee at Illinois Yearly Meeting in in the lunch room; 7 p.m., Friends General Conference; Report 1964. from Representatives to the 1963 Five Years Meeting. November 2: Also, I am deeply grateful for "The Spirit and the Supreme 10 a.m., Friends Committee on National Legislation; Pendle Hill; luncheon in the lunch room; 2 p.m., Friends World Committee for Court," by Carl F. Wise, and "Cuba: Students and Religious Consultation; 1963 General Assembly of the National Council of Life," by Thomas Colgan. Churches; FRIENDS JouRNAL. Madison, Wis. CHESTER A. GRAHAM, Clerk 1-3-Retreat for members of New York Meeting for Ministry Illinois Yearly Meeting and Counsel, Powell House, Old Chatham, N. Y. Limited to 30 participants. Address inquiries to Friends Meeting, 221 East 15th Street, New York 3, N. Y. BIRTHS 3-Regular Circular Meeting at Chichester Meeting House on ALDEN-on September 15, in Abington, Pa., a son, JoNATHAN Meeting House Road, Boothwyn, Pa., 3 p.m. .KEESE ALDEN, fourth child of James C. and Anne Brewer Alden. 4-Pendle Hill lecture by Howard Brinton, "Vedanta," sixth The mother and her parents, Nathaniel and Hilma Brewer, are in the series, "The Mystical Elements in Religion," Pendle Hill, members of Wrightstown (Pa.) Meeting. The father and his parents, Wallingford, Pa., 8 p.m. Francis and May Alden, and grandparents, Palin and Helen Spru­ 7-concord Quarterly Meeting at Westtown, Pa., 10:30 a .m. ance, are members of Abington Meeting. 8-10--Pendle Hill Seminar with Thomas Hora. (See newsnote.) GOODWIN-On September 28, a daughter, MICHELLE LESLIE 8-10--AFSC Conference Retreat, sponsored by Middle Atlantic GooDWIN, second child of Peter and Jan Goodwin. The paternal Region of the American Friends Service Committee, at Powell grandparents, Werner and Sarah Goodwin, and great-grandfather, House, Old Chatham, N.Y. Theme: "World Revolution-Its Mean­ Nelson Goodwin, are members of Wrightstown (Pa.) Meeting. ing for You." Speakers: Norman J. Whitney, Sidney Lens. Further GREB-On October I, in Doylestown, Pa., a son, MARK TAYLOR details available from Bert Fowler, 841 University Building, Syra­ GREB, second child of Donald and Louellyn Daughenbaugh Greb. cuse, N. Y., 13202. The mother and her parents, Paul and Jane Daughenbaugh, are 9-Abington Quarterly Meeting at Byberry, Philadelphia, Pa., members of Wrightstown (Pa.) Meeting. 11 a.m. November 1, 1963 FRIENDS JOURNAL 475

9-Burlington Quarterly Meeting at Burlington, N.J., 10:30 a.m. Reservations should be sent before November 5 to Rebecca Nichol­ 9-11-Informal retreat at the John Woolman Memorial, 99 son, 231 Winona Street, Philadelphia 44, Pa. Branch Street, Mount Holly, N. J., from Friday evening for all or 18-Pendle Hill lecture by Howard Brinton, "Arthur Eddington, part of the weekend. Hospitality at cost. For further information C. G. Jung, and Others," eighth in the series, "The Mystical Ele­ write Samuel and Clarissa B. Cooper, directors (phone: 215-AM7- ments in Religion," 8 p.m. 3226). 21-Chester Monthly Meeting Forum, 24th and Chestnut Streets, IO-Baltimore Quarterly Meeting, at Little Falls Meeting House, Chester, Pa. Covered-dish supper at 6:30 p.m. Forum meeting at Fallston, Md. Ministry and Counsel at 9:45 a.m. Meeting for wor­ 8 p.m. Topic: "Algeria." ship at I 1 a.m. Luncheon, served by host Meeting, followed by 22-23-Annual Meetings of American Friends Service Committee meeting for business and conference session. at Race Street Meeting House, 15th west of Race, Philadelphia. 11-Pendle Hill lecture by Howard Brinton, "Zen Buddhism," Program available from AFSC, 160 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, seventh in the series, "The Mystical Elements in Religion," 8 p.m. Pa. I9102. 15-Committee for Ministry and Oversight of Flushing (N.Y.) 22-24-Conference at Powell House, to be led by Anna Morris Meeting will present a series of religious lectures beginning with of the Conference on Religion and Psychology. Topic: "The Power " Friends and the Bible," by Henry Wilt, on November 15. The of the Spirit for Inner Healing." Friday 7 p.m. to noon meal on lecture will follow a covered-dish supper at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Cost, including $3.00 registration fee, $14.00. Early regis· I6--Caln Quarterly Meeting at Reading, Pa., 10 a.m. tration is requested, to Powell House, Old Chatham, N. Y. 16--Bucks Quarterly Meeting at Lehigh Valley, Pa., 10 a.m. 24-Warrington Quarterly Meeting at Menallen Meeting House, 16--Potomac Quarterly Meeting at Friends Meeting of Washing- Flora Dale, Biglerville, Pa. Meeting for worship at 11 a.m. Lunch­ ton, 2111 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. Ministry and eon, followed by meeting for business and conference session. Counsel at 9:45 a.m., followed by meeting for worship at I I a.m. 25-Pendle Hill Lecture by Howard Brinton. Topic to be an· Luncheon, served by host Meeting, followed by meeting for busi­ nounced. Ninth in the series, "The Mystical Elements in Religion," ness and conference session. 8 p.m. 16-17-Institute at Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Pa., sponsored by 28-December !-South Central Yearly Meeting at Soroptimist Family Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Theme: Club Camp, near Dallas, Tex. Address communications to Kenneth "Ministry, Oversight, and Counseling- Where Do They Meet?" Carroll, Box 202, S.M.U., Dallas 22, Tex.

MEETING ADVERTISEMENTS DENVER-Mountain View Meeting, 10:45 a.m., ST. PETERSBURG-First-day school and meet­ 2026 S. Wllllams. Clerk, SU 9-1790. In~. 11 a.m., 130 19th Avenue S.E. Arizona Connecticut Georgia PHOENIX-5undays, 9:45 a.m., Adult Study; HARTFORD-Meeting for worship at 10 a.m., ATLANTA- Meetlnt for worship and First­ 11 a.m., Meeting for Worship and First-day First-day school and adult discussion at 11 day school at 10 a.m. 1384 Fairview Road, School. 17th Street and Glendale Avenue. a.m., 1« South Quaker Lane, West Hartford, N.E., Atlanta 6. Phone DR 3-7986. Phern Cleo Cox, Clerk, 4738 North 24th Place, Phoe­ phone 232-3631. Stanley, Clerk. Phone DR 3-5357. nix. NEW HAVEN-Meetln~ 9:45 a.m., Conn. Hall, TUCSON - Pima Friends Meeting (Pacific Yale Old Campus; phone 248-5432. Yearly Meeting), 382.5 East Second Street. Hawaii Worship, 10 a.m. Elisha T. Kirk, Clerk, Route NEWTOWN-Meeting and First-day school, 11 HONOLULU - Meeting Sunday1, W6 Oahu 2, Box 274, Axtell 8-6073. a.m., Newtown Junior Hith SchooL Avenue, 11:11 a.m.; teL lln-71-&. TUCSON-Friends Meeting (California Year­ STAMFORD-Meeting for worship and First­ ly Meeting), 129 N. Warren. Sunday School, day school at 10 a.m., Westover and Roxbury 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Bible Study, Wed­ Roads. Clerk, Peter Bentley. Phone, Old llflnols nesday, 7:30 p.m. Julla S. Jenks, Clerk, 2146 Greenwich, NE 7-2808. CHICAG0-57th Street. Worship 11 a.m., 5615 E. 4th St. Main 3-5305. WILTON-First-day school, 10:30. Meeting for Woodlawn. Monthly meeting every first Fri­ worship, 11:00 a.m. New Canaan Road, day at 7:30 p.m. BU 8-3066 or 324-1775. California Wilton, Conn. Phone WO 6·9081. Bernice Mer­ DOWNERS GROVE - (suburban Chicago)­ ritt, Clerk, phone OL 5·9918. Meetlnt and First-day school, 10:30 a.m., BERKELEY- Friends meeting, First-days at Avery Coonley School, 14,00 Maple Avenue; 11 a.m., northeast corner of Vine and Walnut telephone WOodland 8-2040. Streets. Monthly meetings the Third Sunday Delaware of each month, at 7:30 p.m. Clerk, Harriet NEWARK-Meeting at Wesley Foundation, Schaffran, 525-5773. 192 S. College Ave., 10 a.m. Indiana CARMEL - Meeting for worship, Sundays WILMINGTON - Meetlnt for worship: at INDIANAPOLIS-Lanthorn Friends, meetlnlt 10:30 a.m., Lincoln near 7th. Fourth and West Sts., 9:15 a.m.; and 11:15 for worship, 10 a.m., 1050 W. Und. Telephone CLAREMONT - Meeting for Worship and a.m.: at 101 School Rd., 9:15 a.m. AX 1-8677. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. 727 Harrison Ave. Iowa Garfield Cox, Clerk, 415 W. 11th St. District of Columbia WASHINGTON-Meeting, Sunday, 9 a.m. and DES MOINES - South entrance, 2920 30th LA JOLLA-llleetlng, 11 a.m., 7380 Eads Ave­ Street, worship, 10 a.m.; classes, 11 a.m. nue. VIsitors call GL •·7459. 11 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:30 a.m., 2111 Flor· Ida Avenue, N.W., one block from Connecti­ LOS ANG&LES-Meetlnt, 11 a.m. 4167 So. cut Avenue. Normandle. VIsitors call AX 5-0262. Kentuclcy PALO ALTO-First-day school for adults 10 Florida LOUISVILLE-First-day school, 10 a.m. Meet. a.m., for children, 10:40 a.m. Meeting for DAYTONA BEACH - Meeting 3:00 p.m., lng for worship, 10:30 a.m.. Neighborhood worship at 11 a.m., 957 Colorado. first and third First-days, social room of House, 25th Street at Duncan Street. Phone First Congregational Church, 201 Volusla. TW 5-7110. PASADENA-526 E. Orange Grove (at Oak­ land). Meeting for worship, Sunday, 11 a.m. GAINESVILLE-1921 N.W. 2nd Ave. Meeting Louisiana and First-day school, 11 a.m. SACRAMENT0-2.620 21st St. Discussion 10 NEW ORLEANS-Friends meetlnr each Sun­ a.m., worship 11. Clerk: 451-1581. JACKSONVILLE -344 W. 17th St. 11 a.m., day. For information telephone UN 1-1022 Meetln~ and Sunday School. Phone 389 ..345. SAN FRANCISCO - Meetings for worship, or UN &-0389. First-days, 11 a.m., 2160 Lake Street. MIAMI-Meetlnlt for worship at Sunset and Maine Corsica, Coral Gables, on the south Miami SAN JOSE-Meeting 11 a.m.; children's and bus line, 11 a.m.; First-day school, 10 a.m. CAMDEN-Meeting for worship each Sunday. adults' classes 10 a.m.; 1041 Morse Street. Miriam Toepel, Clerk. TU 8-6629. For Information call: 236-3239 or 236-3064. ORLANDO-WINTER PARK- Meeting, 11 a.m., Colorado 316 E. Marks St., Orlando; MI 7-3025. Massachusetts BOULDER-Meeting for worship at 10 a.m.; PALM BEACH-Friends Meeting, 10:30 a.m., ACTON-Meeting for worship and First Day First-day school at 11:00 a.m. Hans Gottlieb, 823 North A Street, Lake Worth. Telephone: School, Sunday, 10:00 a.m., Women's Club, Clerk, In 3-1478. 585-801!0. Main Street, Acton, Mass. 476 FRIENDS JOURNAL November 1, 1963

CAMBRIDGii-MeeUnt, Sunday, 5 Lontfellow Main Shore Road, Route 9, Cape Kay County. DUNNING$ CREEK-At Fishertown, 10 miles Park (near Harvard Square), 9:30 a.m. and Vtsl.tors welcome. north of Bedford; First-day school, 10 a.m., 11 a.m.; telephone TR 6-6883. meetint for worship, 11 a.m. SOUTH YARMOUTH, CAPE COD-Worship New Mexico HAVERFORD-Buck Lane, between Lancas­ and First-day school, 10 a.m. ter Pike and Haverford Road. J'lrst-day school, ALBUQUERQUE -Meeting and First-day 10:30 a.m. Meetint for Worship at 11 a.m. WELLESLEY-MeeUnt, Sunday, 10:30 a.m. at school, 10:30 a.m., 815 Girard Blvd., N.JC., Tenacre Country Day School, Benvenue Street John Atldnson, Clerk. Alpine li-9588. LANCASTER-MeeUnt house, Tulane Terrace, near Grove Street. SANTA FI!-Meetint, Sundays, 11 a.m., Olive 1lh miles west of Lancaster, off U.S. 30. Keet­ Rush Studio, 630 Canyon Road, Sante Fe. Jane tna and First-day school, 10 a.m. WESTPORT - MeeUnt, Sunday, 10:45 a.m. H. Baumann, Clerk. Central Vlllate: Clerk, Frank J. Lepreau, Jr. MEDIA-125 West Third Street. Meeting for Phone: MErcury 6-2044. worship at 11 a.m. New York WORCESTER-Pleasant Street Friends Meet· PHILADELPHIA-MeeUnts, 10:30 a.m., unless tnt, 901 Pleasant Street. Meetlnt for worship ALBANY-Worship and First-day school, 11 speclfted; telephone LO 8-4111 for Information each First-day, 11 a.m. Telephone PL 4-3887. a.m., YMCA, 423 State St.; HE 9-4207. about First-day schools. Byberry, one mile east of Roosevelt Boule- BUFFALO-Meeting and First-day school, 11 vard at Southampton Road, 11 a.m. Michigan a.m., 72 N. Parade; phone TX 2-8845. Central Philadelphia, Race St. west of 15th. Chestnut Hlll, 100 E. :Mermala1 La. 10 a.m. ANN ARBOR-Religious education for CLINTON-Meeting Sundays, 11 a.m., 2nd an floor, Kirkland Art Center, Collete St. Coulter Street and Germantown Avenue. ages • 10 a.m. Meeting for worship, 11 a.m., Fair Hl1l Germantown and Cambria, 10 a.m. Meeung1 House, 1420 Hl1l St., call 663-3856. LONG ISLAND-Northern Boulevard at Shel­ Fourth 1: Arch Sts., First- and Fifth-days. ter Rock Road, Manhasset. First-day school, Frankford, Penn & Orthodox Sts., 11 a.m. DETROIT-Meeting, Sundays, 11 a.m. In Hlth· Frankford, Unity and Wain Streets, 11 a.m. land Park YWCA, Woodward and Winona. 9:45 a.m.; meetint, 11 a.m. Green Street, 45 W. School House Lane. TO 7-7410 eventnts. NEW YORK-First-day meetlnts for worship: Powelton, 36th and Pearl Streets, 11 a.m. KALAMAZOO-MeeUnt for worship, 10 a.m., 11 a.m. 221 E. 11ith St., Manhattan dlacussl.on, 11 a.m., Friends' Meeting House, 2 Washington Sq. N. PITTSBURGH-Worship at 10:30 a.m., adult 508 Denner. Call FI 9·1754. Earl Hall, Columbia University elasa, 11:45 a.m. 1353 Shady Avenue. 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn 137-16 Northern Blvd., Flushlnl READING-First-day school, 10 a.m., meeting, 3:30 p.m. Riverside Church, 11ith Floor 11 a.m., 108 North Sixth Street. Minnesota Telephone GRamercy 3-11018 (Kon.-Frt., 14) MINNEAPOLIS-MeeUnt, 11 a.m., First-day about First-day schools, monthly meeUnts, STATE COLLEGE-318 South Atherton Street. suppers, etc. First-day schoDl at 9:30 a.m., meetinc for school, 10 a.m., 44th Street and York Ave­ worship at 10:45 a.m. nue S. Harold N. Tollefson, Minister, 4421 PURCHASE- Purchase Street at Route 120 Abbott Avenue S.; phone WA 6-9675. (Lake St.). First-day school, 10:45 a.m. llleet­ SWARTHMORE-Whittier Place, Collete Cam· lnt, 11 a.m. pus. Adult Forum. First-day School 9:45 a.m. MINNEAPOLIS-Twin Cttiea unprogrammed Worship 11:00 a.m. worship, 10:15 a.m., Untverilty Y.M.C.A., n SCARSDALE-Meeting for worship and First­ ~272. day school 10:30 a.m., 133 Popham Rd. Clerjt_. UNIONTOWN-Meeting 11 a.m., YMCA, N. Missouri Lloyd Batley, 1187 Post Road, Scarsdale, N. x. Gallatin Ave. Phone GE 7-5936. KANSAS CITY -Penn Valley Meeting, 306 SYRACUSE - Meeting and First-day 1chool, West 39th Street, 10:30 a.m. Call m 4-0888 or school, 11 a.m., YWCA, 33i E. Onondata St. Tennessee CL 2-6958. KNOXVILLE- First-day school, 10 a.m., wor­ ST. LOUIS-Meeting, 2539 Rockford Ave., North Carolina ship, 11 a.m., D. W. Newton, 688-0878. Rock Hlll, 10:30 a.m.; phone PA 6-8429. CHAPEL HILL - Meeting for worship and First-day school, 11:00 a.m. Clerk, Claude MEMPH15-MeeUng, Sunday, 9:30a.m. Clerk, Shetts, Y .M.C.A., Phone: 942-3755. Vlrllnla Schaefer. Phone 32·74615. Nebraska CHARLOTTE-Meeting for worship, 11 a.m. NASHVILLE-Meeting and First-day School, LINCOLN-Meeting for worship, 10:45 a.m., First-day education classes, 10 a.m. 2039 Vall Sundax.s1• 10:30 a.m., Scarrltt College. Phone 3319 South 46th Street. Avenue; call 333-3979. AL 6-~. DURHAM-Meeting for worship and First-day achoo1 11 a.m. ClerkJ.. Peter Klopfer, Rt. 1, Nevada Box 2113,1 Durham, N. '-'· Texas RENO-Meeting, Sunday, 11:00 a.m., 210 AUSTIN-Worship, Sundays, 11 a.m., First-day school, 10 a.m., 3014 Washington Square, GL Maple Street. Phone 3~-4579. Ohio 2-1841. John Barrow, Clerk, HO 5-8378. E. CINCINNATI-sunday School for an, 9:45 a.m. Meeting, 11 a.m., 1828 Dexter Ave., DALLAS- Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Adventtst New Hampshire 861-8732. Horatio Wood, Clerk. 751-6486. Church 400i N. Central Expresswal'._ Clerk, Kennetn1 Carroll, Rellglon Dept., S.M.U.; FL HANOVER-Eastern Vermont, Western New CLEVELAND-First-day school for children 2·1846. Hampshire. Meeting for worship and First­ and adults, 10 a.m. Meeting for worship 11 day school, 10:45 a.m., Sunday, D.C.U. Lounge, a.m., 10916 Magnolla Drive, TU 4-2695. HOUSTON-Live Oak Friends Meeting Sun­ College Hall, except 9:30 a.m., on Dartmouth day,~. 11 a.m., Council of Churches B:illdlnt, College Union Service Sundays. William N. COLUMBU5-Unprotrammed Meeting, 11 9 '-'helsea Place, Clerk, Walter Whitson: Chambers. Clerk. a.m., 1954 Indianola Ave., AX 1·2728. JAckson 8-8413. SALIM-Sixth Street Konthl:t meeting of :rrtendl, unprotrammed. nrst day school, Virginia New Jersey 1:30 a.m., meetint lO:SO a.m. J1'ranklln D. ATLANTIC CITY - llleeUng for wonhl.p, 11 Henderson, Clerk. CHARLOTTESVILLE-Meeting and First-day School, 10 a.m., Madl.8on Hall, Untv., YMCA. a.m., First-day school, 10:30 a.m., South Caro­ WILMINGTON-<::ampus KeeUng of Wllmlng. lina and Pacific Avenues. ton Yearly Meeting. Unfrotrammed worship LINCOLN - Goose Creek United Meeting DOVER-First-day school, 10:50 a.m., worship, at 11, First Day School a 10, In Thomas Kelly House. Meeting for worship, 11:15 a.m., First­ Center, Wilmington College. Helen Halliday, day school, 10 a.m. 11 a.m. Quaker Church Road. clerk. Area code 513-382-0067. HADDONFIELD - MeeUnt for worship, 11 McLEAN-Langley Hill lileetint, Sunday, 11 a.m., First-day, FlriJt..day school, 9:45 a.m., a.m., First-day School 10:30 a.m. Junction old Lake Street. Oregon route 121 and route liS. PORTLAND·MULTNOMAH-Frtenda Meetint, MANASQUAN - First-day school 10 a.m., 10 a.m., 4112 S. E. Stark Street, Portland, Washington meetint\v11:15 a.m., route 35 at Manasquan Oreton. Phone AT 1-4656. Circle. alter Longstreet, Clerk. SEATTLE-University Friends Meeting, 4001 MONTCLAIR - 289 Park Street, First-day 9th Avenue, N.E. Worship, 10 a.m.; discussion school and worship, 11 a.m. VIsitors welcome. Pennsylvania period and First-day school, 11 a.m. Tele­ ABINGTON-Greenwood Ave. and Keettng phone MElrose 2-7006. MOORESTOWN-Meeting for worship, First­ House Road, Jenkintown. First day school, day, 11 a.m., Main St. and Chester Ave. First­ 10 a.m., meeting for worship 11:15 a.m. West day school, 9:45 a.m. Midweek Meeting with Virginia school, 10:15 a.m. Fifth-day. CHESTER-24th and Chestnut Streets, Ches­ CHARLESTON-sunday worship, Y.W.C.A., 10 ter. Adult forum 10:30 a.m., meeting for a.m., discussion 11 a.m. Clerk, Ervin Kampe, s•AVILLII - Meeting for worlblp, 11 a.m. worlblp 11 a.m. St. Albans, phone 727..0253. November 1, 1963 FRIENDS JOURNAL 477

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Under per1onal 1upert1ilion of MRs. Eu.EN M. WooD Oakwood School, owned and operated by the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, accepts the faith and practice of the Society, and holds that the spirit of the Creator is imminent in the universe and present within human beings, that human life and personality are scared, that inward FRIENDS ACADEMY happiness is more satisfying than outward comfort, that persuasive love is better ESTABliSHED 1877 than force, that group meditation and worship nurture insight and stimulate Th:le coeducational day school with­ responsibility. In 21S miles of New York provides a well balanced college preprura:tory program designed to stress In the student a desire to live a crea.tlve Christian lite In today's world. OAKWOOD SCHOOL Kindergarten through Grade 12 A redaction In tuition Ia aYal!a'ltle to .,ember• of The Society of Frienda. Quaker Boarding Coeducational ALIIXANDER TUNSTALL MAcNU1T He.ulnuutn- GRADES 9 TO 12 INCLUSIVE POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK Box B, Locust VaUoy, Long Island, N. Y. Por further information write THOMAS E. PURDY, Headmaster

Abington Friends School A FRIENDS COEDUCATIONAL BOARDING SCHOOL FOUNDED 1697 Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Grades Pounded 9-12 GEORGE SCHOOL 1893 RICHARD H. McFEELY, Offering- Principal "The function of Quaker schools in the ftux of modern education is to demonstrate .. . Preparation for college with in the atmosphere of the school, that the motives and directions of activity may spring from a concern for the fullest de­ an ultimate certainty based on man's experience of God within him." velopment of the individual­ -Friends World Conference, 191rl emphasis on academic excel­ lence, personal integrity, and George School appreciates the opportunity to share in the educa­ the social values that char­ tion of Friends children who may be interested in a boarding school acterize the ·Religious Society experience. Friends children are given first consideration if applications of Friends- are received before January 1st. All applicants should plan to take A DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS THROUGH FIRST GRADE the Secondary School Admission Tests on December 14th. FOR GIRLS FROM NURSERY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL Address inquiries to: ADELBERT MASON, Vice Prit~cipal Box 350, George School, Bucks County, Pennsylvania HOWARD W. BARTRAM, HeadmGatef' ...

Horizon's Edge 1799- WESTTOWN SCHOOL-1963 Country-Home School DANIEL D. TEST, JR., Headmaster A family school for boys and girls, grades 1-8. Young children need HONOR REGIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS wholesome family life. Horizon's Edge, a home-centered school, helps Westtown each year offers 15 Competitive Regional Scholarships based each child find and become himself, on character, leadership and ·intellectual performance. Winne;rs receive a develop basic values and responsi­ minimum grant of $100. A larger sum according to the need of the appli­ bility. Sound academic foundation cant, and the ability of the Scholarship Funds to meet that need, may be moves at individual's speed. granted in sums up to $600 per year and in cases of extreme need, $700 or $800 a year. A Scholarship form is supplied with each application and an HORIZON'S EDGE SCHOOL opportunity is given to state the amount needed to send a boy or a girl WILLIAM AND MILDRED MEEH to Westtown. CANTERBURY, N.H. To be eligible, a student must be a member of the Society of Friends (or have one parent who is a member) and be ready to enter grade 10. There will probably not be any vacancies ~n the 11th grade in the Fall of 1964. Early in January, 1964, each applicant will be given in his home locality PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS three subject matter tests: one in English, one in algebra or plane geometry, and one in a language, science or history. Applications for 1964-65 must be at the school no later than FIRST MONTH 1st, 1964. The necessary forms are automatically l ,nt this coming November and December to all Friends who have made formal application FRIENDS' SELECT SCHOOL for admission into the lOth grade. THE PARKWAY AT SEVENTEENTH ST. For application forms and school catalogue, please address: PHILADELPHIA 3, PENNSYLVANIA Established 1681 J. KIRK RUSSELL, Director of Admissions Co~Jucllliorul Day School Westtown School, Westtown, Pennsylvania Kinderg•len through Tw~l/lh Grad~ While eoll~e preparation Ia a primary aim, personal .ruidanee helps each atudent to develop as an Individual. Spiritual values and Quaker principles are empha­ FRIENDS JOURNAL is on sale at the John Wanamaker store sized. Central location provides many edu­ cational resources and easy access from and at Friends Book Store, 304 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. the suburbs. Friends Interested In a sound academic program are eneoura.red to apply. G. Laurence Blauvelt, Headma•ter The "New Math," the "New Science," the "Pursuit of Excellence" Essential! But is that enough? How great the need of young people for A new sense of humanity, a renewed search for spiritual strength, FRIENDS' the pursuit of values. How important is the daily CENTRAL SCHOOL attempting to live Friends' testimonies. OVERBROOK, PHILADELPHIA 31, PA. • THE MEETING SCHOOL A Co-educational Friends Boarding School four-year kindergarten through 12th Grade College Preparatory Curriculum RINDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE Founded In 1845 by the Society of l'rlentla, oar aehool continues to emphaabe lnt••rlt:v, freedom, almpllclty In edaeatloa was begun in 1957 as a result of Quaker concern to provide for young people thron•h eoaeera for the lntlhidaal atatleat. a total educational experience resulting in: MEJUliLL E. BUSH, Headmaster SPIRITS challenged to know experimentally the doubts and joys of the seeker in worshipping God. HEARTS sensitized to feel inner truths and to reach out to others. MINDS trained to think, to question, to search, to imagine. The Sidwell Friends School Young people, eager to learn, motivated to work, and desiring an opportunity Started by Friend& in 1811 for intellectual growth and discipline through a self-study program and small classes Thoma& .,., Sidwell, Principal, 1883-1936 are urged to join our educational community of 38 students and seven teachers. Living in family units, a work program, and active participation in making deci­ This co-educational day school in the na· sions will demand the best from you. tion's capital stresses good will, integrity of character, and sound scholarship in prep­ We are not prepared to give specialized instruction to students aration for colleges best suited to individ­ needing remedial or tutorial help; those needing constant and close ual needs. A non-profit corporation since study supervision might do better elsewhere. 193' with a majority of trustees Friends. For catalogue and further information, write: Kindergarten through Grade 12 JOHN H. COLBAUGH, Headmaster THE MEETING SCHOOL 382; WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W. George I. Bliss, Clerk Rindge, New Hampshire WASHINGTON 16, D. C.

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